LECTURE 3 "Festive Feasts: The Art of Banqueting in Renaissance Italy"
The Art of Cooking & Dining in Renaissance Italy
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1h 10m
Dr. Sally J. Cornelison
In Renaissance Italy, weddings, visits from foreign dignitaries, and other special occasions were marked with elaborate meals at which bustling servers presented guests with the finest foods and tables were outfitted with the most refined tableware. This lecture will bring the practice and pageantry of early modern banqueting culture to life through an investigation of the visual culture of celebratory dining as it is recorded in contemporary paintings and descriptive accounts.
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