Veronica White, curator of academic programs, provides a taste of works from the 16th and 17th centuries, including works from the collections of the Princeton University Art Museum.
Representations of food and drink in Italian Renaissance and Baroque art were multifaceted: Food could reference the divine, greed, rowdy behavior, fertility, sustenance or simply the satisfaction of eating a good meal. Artists further embraced imaginative approaches to decorating objects used for serving or containing food and drink.