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Relatore: Jérémie Koering Ospite: Bibliotheca Hertziana - Max-Planck-Institut für Kunstgeschichte Luogo: Villino Stroganoff, Via Gregoriana 22, 00187 Rom
There was a time - but is it just over? - when some images were not just looked at, but eaten. Produced to be swallowed, they were consumed by the mouth rather than the eyes. This presentation will focus on this particular way of experiencing images, by examining the consumption of the edible artefacts (body paintings, eucharist, waffles, edible sculptures, figurative cakes) over the longue durée, and by highlighting the anthropological and cultural stakes that inform this specific practice. [di più]
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