Event Title
Coffee in the 17th and 18th century Europe
Location
Diamond 146
Start Date
30-4-2015 2:10 PM
End Date
30-4-2015 3:25 PM
Project Type
Presentation
Description
Coffee, the dark, bitter beverage worshiped by 21st century workaholics and college students, is an invaluable commodity driving the minds and economies of the modern world. Brewed coffee dates back to late 14th century Yemen, where beans were roasted and ground by Arab monks. Its introduction to Europe in the 17th century, alongside tea, chocolate, and tobacco, was revolutionary, as the new drink replaced alcohol as an alternative to water. Europes consumption of coffee and the evolution of the coffeehouse reflect social and cultural changes during that period. This phenomenon is evident in the art of the 17th and 18th centuries. This paper focuses on depictions of coffee-drinking in 17th- and 18th-century art and what they reveal about the periods culture, societal customs, class hierarchies and ideology.
Faculty Sponsor
Veronique Plesch
Sponsoring Department
Colby College. Art Dept.
CLAS Field of Study
Humanities
Event Website
http://www.colby.edu/clas
ID
1358
Coffee in the 17th and 18th century Europe
Diamond 146
Coffee, the dark, bitter beverage worshiped by 21st century workaholics and college students, is an invaluable commodity driving the minds and economies of the modern world. Brewed coffee dates back to late 14th century Yemen, where beans were roasted and ground by Arab monks. Its introduction to Europe in the 17th century, alongside tea, chocolate, and tobacco, was revolutionary, as the new drink replaced alcohol as an alternative to water. Europes consumption of coffee and the evolution of the coffeehouse reflect social and cultural changes during that period. This phenomenon is evident in the art of the 17th and 18th centuries. This paper focuses on depictions of coffee-drinking in 17th- and 18th-century art and what they reveal about the periods culture, societal customs, class hierarchies and ideology.
https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/clas/2015/program/228