print email comment close The Edible Monument: The Art of Food for Festivals URL: http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/digitized_collections/ediblemonument/ Description: "Ornate edible architecture and sculptures were often created for celebrations in the cities and courts of early modern Europe." Find illustrations from the sixteenth through the nineteenth centuries of these "ephemeral masterpieces" and of street feasts, festivals, and elaborate table wares and settings. Look for Harsdörffer's illustrations of piegatura (baroque napkin-folding). From the Getty Research Institute. Publisher: Getty Research Institute Extra Keywords Harsdorffer Library of Congress Subject Headings: Decoration and ornament Food -- History Food presentation LII Database Information: Record 11286 created by Pat Fell on 12/20/2002 Last modification on 07/07/2005 Published: 12/20/2002   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/11286