A Cultural Account of Desire, Delight and Disgust in Fashion, Food and Art
by
Luca Vercelloni
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2016
The Invention of Taste provides a detailed overview of the development of taste, from ancient times to the present. At the heart of the book is an intriguing question: why did the sensory attribute of human taste become a social metaphor and aesthetic value for judging cultural qualities of art, fashion,...