Saturday, April 24, 2010

Vincenzo Campi, Poulterers, 1580s (now in Brera, Milan)

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  1. adventurefishApril 25, 2010 at 9:36 PM

    -animals that fly - representing the highest type of foods that people in high society eat - is thought that they also represent high society in this way - because they fly, they are 'high' in society, or ascending.
    -shows peasants preparing but not eating such high-classed food. thus makes the clear distinction between intellectual and manual labour.
    -child shown puffing cheeks like birds full of air, making him take the guise of a bird/noble.
    -peasants were the ones that handled all the food because it was considered unclean.

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