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The Art of Drinking
By Philippa Glanville & Sophie Lee, eds
Price: £30.00
Alcohol is a mood changer, pleasure of the flesh and metaphor for indulgence. Over the past 500 years it has enhanced European life, stimulated a flood of art, advertising and interior design, generated new objects from the corkscrew to the cocktail shaker and fuelled many vivid celebrations of rites of passage, victories and royal occasions. From Hogarth to Scarfe, cartoonists have exploited beer and spirits as weapons in an armoury of mockery, painters have depicted the wine-sodden excesses of classical gods, architects have devised grottoes, beer gardens, gin palaces and wine bars; and potters, goldsmiths and glassmakers have designed an extraordinary diversity of bowls and decanters, containers and cases, tankards and glasses, from Faberge’s jewelled vodka cups to Meissen wine coolers. The Art of Drinking is a celebration and exploration of the extraordinary range of visual and material culture created by entrepreneurs, designers, critics and campaigners.
FORMAT
Hardback
PAGES PICTURES ISBN NUMBER
144 180 colour 9781851775101
CODE
090394
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