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22.11.11

Gluttony (gula)


Gluttony is characterized by the pressing need of human beings to consume food and drink excessively. Some Christian denominations consider it one of the seven deadly sins.

A gula caracteriza-se por uma necessidade imperiosa de ingestão de excesso de comida e bebida por parte dos seres humanos. Algumas denominações cristãs consideram-na um dos sete pecados mortais.


Jacques le Grant (15th century)-'gluttony and abstinence'-miniature   Chantilly-Musée Condé (Le livre des bonnes moeurs, Ms 297/1338, fol. 11)

Pieter Brueghel the elder (ca 1530-1568)-'gluttony'-engraving-(1556-1557)   London-British Museum

Gustav Klimt (1862-1916)-'unchastity, lust and gluttony'-casein paint on plaster   Wien-Österreichschiche Galerie Belvedere

Hieronymus Bosch (ca 1450-1516)-'allegory of gluttony'-oil on panel-(1488-1510)   New Haven-Yale University Gallery

James Sidney Edouard, baron Ensor (1860-1949)-'gluttony'

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