@incollection{01HWAV08ZY4GFMD72X8TQCSDBA,
  abstract     = {{Considering non-art historical accounts, such as cookbooks, in art historical research can bring into light new insights into the meaning of art. For instance, when we look at a group of paintings from around 1600 in Antwerp, depicting Banquet of the Gods, we can distinguish small but meaningful varieties in the repetitive representation of meals. The pictorial tradition of the godly banquet was mainly copied from late-mannerist Northern Netherlandish artists from Utrecht and Haarlem such as Joachim Wtweael, Cornelis Van Haarlem, and Abraham Bloemaert. However, culinary motifs on these Northern Netherlandish examples remain more concise than Antwerp interpretations, a phenomenon that can partly be explained by the circulation of culinary knowledge through contemporary manuals. 
In this essay, I argue that Antwerp artists, such as Frans Francken II, Peter Paul Rubens, Jan Breughel the Elder, and Hendrick Van Balen subtly adapted Northern composition schemes, and introduced sumptuous contemporary meals, while repeating and varying with culinary motifs. Thus, forming part of a larger discussion on food dietetics, these godly banquets spread a variety of culinary and dietary knowledge, just as other contemporary non-art historical accounts—per se also copied and amended—did. 
In sum, while the growing popularity of the mythological theme is often attributed to its grateful ability to portray a large group of naked figures in various positions, I bring forward an additional catalyst in this Antwerp phenomenon of repeating heavenly banquets, which is a growing attention in culinary and dietary knowledge. By means of interdisciplinary comparative research, I aim to explore the representation and complexity in meaning of foodstuffs of these depicted banquets.}},
  author       = {{Vandeweghe, Elizabeth}},
  booktitle    = {{Making copies in Early Modern Europe : models and copies in an interdisciplinary context}},
  editor       = {{Bellavitis, Maddalena}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{1--36}},
  publisher    = {{Brill}},
  title        = {{The principle of variety and the significance of culinary motifs in Early Modern Antwerp Banquets of the Gods}},
  year         = {{2024}},
}