Museum Brot und Kunst

About this book

The craving for food and the desire to avoid being hungry have been among humanity?s central concerns for millennia. Economic activity, science, politics, culture ? our basic need for sustenance influences every domain of our lives. The catalogue accompanying the permanent exhibition at the Museum Brot und Kunst ? Forum Welternährung sheds light on nineteen thematic foci around the significance of bread as the quintessential food. Founded in 1955, the Museum of Bread and Art was the first institution of its kind in the world dedicated to this subject; its collection comprises a large number of artifacts from across several centuries that speak to the histories of culture, society, and technology. The generously illustrated publication presents a panorama of the wide field of human nourishment in dialogue with art.With works by Ernst Barlach, Pieter Brueghel, Marc Chagall, Salvador Dalí, Agnes Denes, Christian Jankowski, Markus Lüpertz, Max Pechstein, Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol and others. 00Exhibition: Museum Brot und Kunst - Forum Welternährung, Ulm, Germany (permanent exhibition).