SC - corn...

[Mary Morman]

I;ve seen that picture, my lady, and it is striking!

The Native Americans began showing the European colonists how to use maize
in the 16th century.  It was adopted,used, grown, and eaten in the
Americas.  But in Europe it remained a curiosity and then, later, animal
fodder.  Well into the 20th century eating 'sweet corn' as a vegetable was
considered an American barbarism.

Elaina

On 6 Apr 1998, Marisa Herzog wrote:

>                       corn...                                      4/6/98
> 
> Whether or not maize was used in period there is a beautiful italian painting
> called "Summer" by Guiseppe Arcimboldo, c. 1573.  It is a "man" made entirely
> of fruits and vegetables wearing a jacket woven from wheat stalks.  Included
> in the painting are: various grains, artichoke, maize, eggplant, grapes,
> cantelope (or very similar melon) pears, plums, peaches, scallions, garlic,
> peas, cherries, raspberries, onions, possibly a cucumber, possibly a
> gourd/squash, possibly a roma-style tomato, and a few other things I just
> don't recognize.
> Has anybody seen anything else in this vein?  Did he do a spring/winter/fall
> as well?  Are there similar representations from other artists in other
> countries?  I am looking at a postcard.  It doesn't tell us if they were eaten
> or how, but it does show that things were familiar in a certain place at a
> certain time.
> -brid
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