This publication gathers a collection of twenty texts together with a selection of archives and photographs which examine the literary and artistic representations of the banquet.
Published following the exhibitions “Convivio (ou la plastique culinaire)”, Centre d'art contemporain de l'Onde, Vélizy-Villacoublay, from April 2 to July 2, 2011, and “Lætitia in convivio”, Cneai, Chatou, from July 12 to July 19, 2011.