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The Drink That Fuelled a Nation's Art URL: http://www.tate.org.uk/tateetc/issue5/thedrink.htm Description: Article about absinthe, a high-alcohol drink made with the leaves of the wormwood plant, and its popularity with French artists in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. "[A]rtists including Toulouse-Lautrec, Picasso, Gauguin, van Gogh and Degas either drank it or made it the subject of their paintings." Includes images depicting absinthe and absinthe drinking. From a publication of the Tate museums in England. LII Topics: Alcoholic Beverages, Beverages Author: Adams, Jad Publisher: Tate Extra Keywords fueled Library of Congress Subject Headings: Absinthe Absinthe in art Alcoholic beverages LII Database Information: Record 19529 created by Jennifer English on 10/31/2005 Last modification on 11/03/2005 Published: 11/03/2005 Republished: 12/06/2007 Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/19529 |
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