Food has been widely represented in art to deliver ideas, aspirations and emotions through creative work across history and around the world. We can view art as the embodiment of cultural, social, and political values from ancient civilizations to the present. By studying food in art and food as art we can observe values of the time and changes in culinary styles - in cooking, eating and tasting.

  

Food in Art is a course to inspire you and discover perspectives of food from artistic and historical angles. Explore food and wine aesthetics, and symbolism in art and study a wide range of artworks (from paintings to literature to film to photography). Attention will focus on what food means for the artist, in the culture where it was created, and what role it plays to communicate a message that is relevant for the cultural, political, and social background of the time period and for the future.