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Art and wine

Read art through painted wine glasses and the pictures and lettering on labels.

Explore the connection between art and wine through the placement of a painted glass and the layout of a label.

  1. An explanatory diagram separating an observation about the direction of a hand and glass from the interpretation of feeling invited 5 minWhat does the wine glass in a painting tell us?We look at the hand offering a glass in Caravaggio’s Bacchus and the viewer’s position. Separating what we can see from the meaning we give the painting makes our response clearer.
  2. A diagram placing a hypothetical label with a large picture beside one with large lettering to explain reading order 5 minHow can we read the pictures on wine labels?Even on a small label, the position of the picture and the size of the lettering guide the eye. A label from 1945 offers a way to explore the meaning its time left in the image.