The exhibition is staged to coincide with the 527th Agricultural Fair in October (a centuries-old event!) And the subsequent food and wine review "Abbiategusto" (at its eleventh edition). So, two months of culture food in a city that boasts a privileged relationship with food, rising in a land so rich in crops and livestock Graf Institute in Bologna and the Cultural Association Focus on the World Abbiategrasso , curators of the exhibition, have been proposed to introduce the many different approaches food from all cultures and all peoples of the world, from ancient to modern times. Four sections of the exhibition, each of which will be exhibited "in parallel" remains linked to the same theme but from different cultural areas (for example, show cups for libations to the gods greek and Roman, Inca, Mayan, Hindu , Christian, Jewish, Muslim).
"The purpose of the exhibition - explains the scientific director, Giordano Berti -, is to emphasize the universal value of food not only as a source of livelihood but also as an agent of socialization and strengthening of relations Family, political and religious. In this sense, aesthetics plays a very important role as the object expresses symbolic meanings and values that go far beyond the use value. "
In short, the food is closely tied to the art world. The exhibition in fact offers a selection of beautiful artifacts. Among the jewels on display there are two Egyptian figurines, a wheat grinder and a brewer provided by the National Archaeological Museum in Florence, together with other Egyptian, Etruscan, Greek and Roman. Just as inviting the symposium scene painted on a large amphora of the Greek Archaeological Museum of Bologna, as well as some "gifts for the dead "from the prehistoric times. From Ala-Ponzone Museum of Cremona, a wonderful oinochoe, for wine amphora of the fourth century. BC, configured with a female head, and other artifacts of Magna Graecia equally valuable. From the International Ceramics Museum of Faenza majolica of the eighteenth century: a coffee, meat and fish trays, bowls and plates, including a plate full of succulent fruits ... also tiled. In terms of painting exposure consideverole offers a number of valuable paintings from Museums in Brescia a couple of amazing paintings arcimboldesche, the Allegory of Summer and Autumn, by Antonio Rasio. The Foundation-Morando Bolognini di Sant'Angelo Lodi has given an important sixteenth-century painting of the school of Vincenzo Campi depicting a scene in the kitchen. From the Museums of Cremona come another wonderful scene kitchen splashback Felice Boselli and a delicate crystal flowers with fruits and Fede Galizia. The Pinacoteca Comunale di Faenza two jewels seventeenth century: a spectacular rustic nature posing with fruits and vegetables of the Neapolitan Giovanni Battista Ruoppolo and a table prepared by Carlo Magini; seem so meticulous photographs.
We are talking only of the most significant, because in reality the exhibition at the Castello Visconti Abbiategrasso is much wider and varied, including a rich selection of archaeological and ethnographic ranging from pre-Columbian cultures to those in Africa, the Indian civilization to the Chinese and Japanese, both from major Italian museums and institutions, both from private collections. Start Date: October 9, 2010
Ending Date: November 28, 2010
Tickets: Free
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