Pizza and Painting
An Interdisciplinary Experience and Exploration
William Spaulding Chef Paul Waszkelewicz
Ornate edible architecture and sculptures have been part of human culture for
perhaps thousands of years!
No!
Ornate edible
architecture and sculptures were often created for celebrations in the
cities and courts of
early modern Europe.
This Italian scene makes use of sugar for table decorations. At that time sugar was a rare and
much prized substance that was sold with drugs and herbs.
Your imagination is the only limit to what you can do with food!
Almost anything is possible!
Translate your thought and the materials (food) to the finished product!
Principles of Food Art
Two Comparisons of Pizza and Painting to Remember
1. The dough is our canvas.
2. The toppings are our paint.
Steps to Creating Your Pizza Art
1. Mix and make pizza dough.
2. Roll out (hand or roller) then “dock”.
3. Spread sauce – leave a border.
4. Arrange cheese and toppings.
How will you Evaluate Your Pizza Art ?
Before Cooking
* first impressions
*color
*texture
*arrangement of toppings
How will you Evaluate Your Pizza Art ?
Before Cooking• first impressions• color• texture• arrangement of
toppings
After Cooking• first impressions• color• texture• arrangement of
toppings• taste• presentation
We use
the same concepts
used to describe and evaluate pizza
when we describe and evaluate visual art!
Concepts of Evaluation
Pizza(Before Cooking)
• first impressions• color• texture• arrangement of
toppings
Concepts of Evaluation
Pizza(Before Cooking)
• first impressions• color• texture• arrangement of
toppings
Painting
• first impressions• color• texture• arrangement of
toppings
Mexico Zacula 1983Sean Scully
(American, b. Ireland, 1945)
Watercolor on paper;
8 x 10 in. (20.32 x 25.4 cm)
Met
Fishing in Spring, The Pont de Clichy (Asnières),
1887Vincent van Gogh,
Dutch, 1853–1890
Oil on canvas;
19 7/8 x 23 5/8 in. (50.5 x 60 cm)
The Art Institute of Chicago, Met Exhibit Site
View of ToledoEl Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos)
(Greek, 1541–1614)Oil on canvas;
47 3/4 x 42 3/4 in. (121.3 x 108.6 cm)
Colophon painting by Zou Yigui (1st section) China, Tang dynasty, 6th-8th century AD from: The Admonitions of the Instructress to the Court Ladies, a handscroll painting attributed to Gu Kaizhi . British Museum
Cathedral Rocks, Yosemite Valleyca. 1872Albert Bierstadt oil on paper mounted on canvas approx. 14 x 20 in. (35.6 x 50.8 cm)Smithsonian American Art MuseumBequest of Marvin J. and Shirley F. Sonosky in memory of Harryette Cohn
Sources: Food Art• The Edible Monument. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.
http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/digitized_collections/ediblemonument/index2.html. Access 10/23/06
• Pepperoni flower. http://www.hormel.com/kitchen/images/refimages/seasonedinsight/pepperoni/monster2.jpg
• Food Art http://sickflash.com/food_art.html• http://www.thaicorner.co.uk/Carving%20papaya.jpg• Food Basket Face:
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.allisonglassworks.com/foodart/food64.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.allisonglassworks.com/food4.html&h=453&w=500&sz=21&hl=en&start=51&tbnid=1KtLo2FffFeBAM:&tbnh=118&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dfood%2Bart%26start%3D40%26ndsp%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN
Sources: Art Evaluation• See also the notes section (notes view) of this file• Kimball http://www.kimbellart.org/database/index.cfm?region=yes&mainregion=4• Hydria http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/gkhy/hob_06.1021.77.htm• Mexico Zacula
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/sean_scully/view_1.asp?item=12&view=l• Fishing in Spring
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/cezanne_to_picasso/view_1.asp?item=6&view=l
• View of Toledo http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ho/08/eusi/hob_29.100.6.htm• Colophon painting by Zou Yigui (1st section)
http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/compass/ixbin/hixclient.exe?_IXDB_=compass&_IXSR_=rc5&_IXSS_=_IXDB_%3dcompass%26%2524%2bwith%2ball_unique_id_index%2bis%2bOBJ2100%3d%252e%26_IXspage%3dfull%252f%26_IXSESSION_%3dxckZVHcdMaT&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXSPFX_=graphical/full/lg&_IXimg=ps349899.jpg&submit-button=summary
• Smithsonian Education http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/lesson_plans/landscape_painting/creating_illusions.html
Hydria (water jar) depicting women at a fountain house,
ca. 510–500 B.C.;
Archaic, black-figure
Greek, Attic
Terracotta; H. 37.47 cm
Met. NY