In ‘The Last Supper’ to ‘L’Absinthe’ to ‘The Wines of Gaea’, beverages are depicted as an integral part of human life.
In the nineteenth Dynasty (1314-1085 BC) tomb of Queen Nefertari, alcohol is pictured as a religious offering. A tomb wall depicts the queen approaching and offering two pots of wine to the goddess Hathor.
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The ebony chest with key in Antonia de pereda’s painting of chocolate of 1625. This early European depiction of the New World drink was naturally produced in Spain, where cocoa had been shipped form Mexico in large quantities since 1586.
One are amorous caffeine painting is a turn of century image by the Belgian artist Leon de Smet – ‘Interior’. There, a couple kiss rapturously as tea items sit on the table.
The use of wine as a subject is not a new idea in still-life painting. Dutch master painter Willem Kalf portrayed clear crystal wine goblets and drinking horns in his works.
Beverages have been an integral part and often fatal part of the creative spirit in the arts.
Beverage as an item in painting
