[Sca-cooks] Last Supper in Art

[Volker Bach]

Interesting. What comes to mind is that the role of food (as opposed to drink, tableware and clothing) as a status marker changed dramatically between 1000 and 2000. That would have to make a difference in depictions. But I think I'll try to get that article and see. 

Thanks!

Giano

--- Johnna Holloway <johnnae at mac.com> schrieb am Do, 15.4.2010:

> Von: Johnna Holloway <johnnae at mac.com>
> Betreff: [Sca-cooks] Last Supper in Art
> An: "Cooks within the SCA" <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
> Datum: Donnerstag, 15. April, 2010 12:49 Uhr
> Just came across mention of this
> interesting theory.
> 
>   Were the twelve apostles guilty of overeating at the
> Last Supper?
> 
> Brian and Craig Wansink teamed up to analyze the amount of
> food depicted in 52 of the best-known paintings of the Last
> Supper (Phaidon Press 2000). After indexing the sizes of the
> foods by the sizes of the average disciple’s head, they
> found that portion size, plate size, and bread size
> increased dramatically over the last one thousand years.
> Overall, the main courses depicted in the paintings grew by
> 69%, plate size by 66%, and bread size by 23%.
> 
> The study’s findings are published in the April 2010
> issue of the International Journal of Obesity.
> 
> http://www.mindlesseating.org/lastsupper/
> 
> 
> 
> Johnnae
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