Gluttony: rise, fall, and resurgence of a capital sin
F. Gonzalez-Crussi Chicago, Illinois, United States Figure 1. The emblem of gluttony as a woman with protruding belly, carrying wine, and accompanied by a pig. Left: Georg Pencz (1500-1550). Right: Jacques Callot (1592-1635). The notion of gluttony (gula in Latin, meaning throat, gullet) was born among the Desert Fathers. These were hermits who […]