Abstract
The act of "eating" was born as soon as humans began to take their place on the stage of history. After the story that begins with Adam and Eve eating and drinking everything in heaven, the act of eating is moved one step further. The practice of eating undergoes formal changes over time and becomes a social action, rather than a necessary act to sustain life. The act of eating can today be treated as both a need and a status indicator. In the works, where various compositions of the food metaphor of the painter “Enrico Robusti”, which constitutes the main subject of the research, the grotesque accounts of the practice of eating as a class indicator are noted. This study was conducted using qualitative research methods and document analysis techniques; the artist's works were selected using purposive sampling. The selected paintings were evaluated within the context of Bourdieu's "social field" theory, and the way in which the "eating" metaphor is reflected in the paintings within an artistic context was examined.