Tastes and temptations : food and art in Renaissance Italy / John Varriano.

Berkeley : University of California Press, [2009], ©2009.

xi, 259 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Series numbering from jacket.

"An Ahmanson Murphy fine arts imprint"--Prelim. p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Parallels in food and art. Artists and cooks ; Regional tastes -- Images of food in art. Significant still lifes ; Sacred suppers ; Erotic appetites -- Food in the studio, art at the table. Eggs, butter, lard, and oil ; Eating and erudition ; Edible art.