Fruits of our Culture - Grapes Posters and Art Prints

As I did research into grapes, it soon became clear that it would be impossible to separate grapes from wine, for which the ancient associations remain much unchanged. More than other any greek god, the image of Dionysus/Bacchus is widely recognisable. He is a symbol of the ancient’s hedonism and drunken debauchery. Lesser known is his assocation with fertility and the phallus, snake, bull, and his regular portrayal with bull horns. Meanwhile, the most potent context of wine in enduring religion is as the blood of Christ, although both christianity and islam talk of wine and grapes in relation to paradise, despite the latter’s rejection of alcohol during life on earth. However, in ancient Egypt, grapes and their vine were a symb...