SC - medival Paintings

[Ron and Laurene Wells]

This posting just reminded me that I wanted to thank all of you here who 
introduced me to the idea that one can learn what foods were served, what 
clothes were worn, and what behaviors were practiced during Medival (and 
other historical periods) times by the paintings that were created!!  I 
have two DK books, one is A CHILDS BOOK OF ART, and the other is SISTER 
WENDY'S 1000 MASTERPIECES both published by DK Publishing, that contain a 
wealth of paintings (dated and artist cited) from Medival history!  There 
is one "still life" of a bowl of fruit in the CHILDS... book that is so 
well painted that you can tell the difference between the Quince and the 
Peach and the Apple in the picture!  There are also grapes and 
cherries.  It is excellent!

Thank you once again for directing me to this avenue of learning!
- -Laurene

At 12:09 AM 7/19/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 20:36:21 -0500
>From: "RANDALL DIAMOND" <ringofkings at mindspring.com>
>Subject: SC - More Turkeys
>
>I came across two more mid 16th century
>drawings this week that I had not seen before
>depicting obvious New World turkeys.  These are
>by the Flemish artist Peter Bruegel the Elder.  One is
>"Envy" in the famous 7 Deadly Sins series,  This was
>drawn in 1557 and the turkey is the central animal figure,
>apparently already well known as a symbol of "Envy" much
>as the peacock accompanies Pride in another.
>The other drawing is in "Fortitude" in the Seven Virtues
>drawings.  The turkey is being slain as one of the monsters
>of Sin. This drawing was also executed in 1557.  Just
>another example of evidence of the turkey being well
>known in most of Europe by the mid 16th century.
>
>Akim Yaroslavich
>"No glory comes without pain"

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