The Hungry Eye: Eating, Drinking, and European Culture from Rome to the Renaissance
By Leonard Barkan, professor of comparative literature
Published June 27, 2021
Readers travel from antiquity to the Renaissance in Barkan’s new book, an exploration of the central role of food and drink in Western arts and culture. The Hungry Eye analyzes everything from Last Suppers to symposia, ancient mosaics to Israelites’ manna, and weaves a personal thread through centuries of culturally significant food and drink.
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