Feasting in Art
Food is a rich theme in the visual arts. Based on collections at the Ackland Museum, students developed a virtual gallery about "The Feast", choosing works to study and interpret.
Frankly Absurd: Satirized American Idealism in Hot Dog Bridge
To Kill a Persimmon
The Fiesta of Santa Anita
Dance in a Garden
Belshazzar's Big Night
Staging Japanese Men
Bridging the Gap
Memento Mori: Death and Feasting in Still Life with Hunting Trophies
What is Wine?
Virgo – Unmatched Enjoyment
Suite of Six Knots of Ribbon Adorned with Flowers
Stop Horsin’ Around on the Meat Taboo
Hungry for Power
Hierarchy and Hippophagy
Still Life With Hunting Trophies: Understanding It in a Modern Context
Backyard BBQ Staple Turned Art
Snapshots of Change in American Food Identity and the American Dream
La Última Cena: Horrifying Holiness
Gluttony and the Lord Mayor’s Day Feast
A Narrative on the Anti-Feast
Dominance and Art in the Dutch Golden Age
Beyond the Bun: Discovering Absurdity in the Mundane
A Good Cup of Tea (When the Duty is Taken Off)
Yearning
The Virtues of Simplicity
The Most Famous Triumph of Bacchus
The Feast as a Form of Worship
Silenus and Bacchus on a Donkey with a Satyr
The Hot Dog as a Self-Contained Feast in Hot Dog Bridge
Bacchanal
Escapism: Dream or Reality?
Reine de Joie
Savage Supper
Mamie Neugent's 81st(?) Birthday with Family
Finding Community in the Common
Jupiter's Return as the Sun King
Images courtesy of the Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill www.ackland.org