Lecce The wonderful journey of beer into art

Unpublished visit at the Pinacoteca R. Caracciolo in Lecce

Cheers! When Beer welcomes you to the Museum

The fantastic journey of beer into art

Saturday 16 March, at 7.30 pm, an unmatched visit in the Francesca Roberto Caracciolo Art Gallery in Lecce, to find the pictorial presentations on beer in between the 15th and 17th centuries.

A narrated tasting that will alternate the story of the history of European art with an assisted tasting of 3 tripel-style beers, a well-known Belgian type understood and mimicked throughout the world, born within Trappist environments. The tasting journey will enable us to examine the method which 3 Salento craft breweries analyze this interesting kind of beer. The see travel plan, nevertheless, will enable you to find the creative treasures kept in the spaces of the art gallery, however not just.

The occasion is consisted of in the program of Italy Beer Week, a nationwide occasion, arranged by the Cronache di Birra site, which because 2010 has actually commemorated the culture and conviviality of craft beer.

A strong bond unifies beer and art. There are likewise numerous connections with the monastic custom. In the centuries from the 15th to the 17th centuries, painting commemorated the frothy beverage in numerous methods, which continued to discover area in creative expressions as much as the 20th century and beyond.

Taking an interest in the routines and customizeds of individuals throughout history shows to be a stimulating workout. From the thousand-year-old story of beer we can draw verification that every concept that brings advantage to human presence is defined by genius and satisfaction. All males take part where environment, environment and the earth’s offerings facilitate its production. Individuals and kings, nation individuals and poets, city craftsmens, trainees and artists enjoy it. Gradually, males have actually drawn from popular pleasure, from business in pubs and clubs, from wedding event banquets and harvest events, the toasts and tunes that match beer. Substantial traces can be discovered in poetry, in lustral events, in literary stories or in historic reports or geographical descriptions of tourists, diplomats or merchants in whenever and in every nation along with in jokes, theatrical jokes and satire. Even vase painting along with every popular expression of creative workmanship, from terracotta to glass as much as goldsmithing, or perhaps a wall painting, a painting, a sculpture, or the style for the sophistication of the table and furnishings and even a musical page, pop music or expression of a single intoxicated, can trigger a history of beer in art comprehended as the look for a relationship in between the way of living of males and the social beverage par quality, in the different civilizations and in the different periods.

The task was born from the cooperation in between Sulle Vie della Birra, which because 2019 has actually been promoting the culture of craft beer through brand-new schedules, uncommon paths and engaging experiences, and the “Roberto Caracciolo” art gallery of Lecce, which through its collection of artworks informs the history of Southern Puglia.

The beers picked for the event are:

· Helmet from the Moi Beer brewery in Montesano Salentino (LE);

· BeeBeer from the Baff Brewery in Lecce;

· Sant’ Irene of the B94 Brewery.

Restricted locations, booking needed on 3295459310

Where: Pinacoteca R. Caracciolo, by means of Imperatore Adriano, 79, Lecce

When: Saturday 16 March 2024, at 7.30 pm

Expense: EUR15

Details and appointments: by means of WhatsApp message to 3295459310