Art History Lecture - Civilized Pleasures: Wine and Art May 8, 2008

For millennia, the history of Western art has run parallel to that of the fruit of the vine, which has had a central role in both classical symposia and Christian ritual. Objects from the 'Sumerian Standard of Ur' to 'Renoir's Luncheon of the Boating Party' celebrate the conviviality of fellowship and wine.