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Scent, Spice, Salve at the Getty Villa
A summer workshop connects 21st-century visitors to the ancient past through touch, taste, sight, and smell Artist Becca Lofchie in the Getty Villa’s Outer Peristyle A replica of a first-century Roman...
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Dogs at the Medieval Banquet
What are so many dogs doing in food scenes from European art history? The Feast of Dives, about 1510–20, Master of James IV of Scotland. Tempera colors, gold, and ink on parchment, 9 1/8 x 6 9/16 in....
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The Weird and Wonderful Edible Monuments of Early Modern Europe
Artworks made of food offered entertainment for the rich and a respite from hunger for the poor Festa della porchetta in Bologna, ca. 1716, Angelo Michele Mazza. Etching, 13 ⅗ x 20 ½ in. The Getty...
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7 Things to Look for in Paintings of the Last Supper
Everything you need to know to decipher the oh-so-many images of the Last Supper in European art The Last Supper is one of the most famous stories from the New Testament, as well as one of the most...
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Who’s More Gluttonous, the Rich or the Poor?
Images in our manuscripts collection present two different perceptions of the sin of overeating Adam and Eve Eating the Forbidden Fruit in City of God, about 1440–50, Master of the Oxford Hours,...
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