Editing Peach (section)

=== Europe ===
[[File:Pierre-Auguste Renoir - Pêches.jpg|thumb|[[Pierre-Auguste Renoir]], ''A Still Life Painting of Peaches'', 1881–82]]

Many famous artists have painted with peach fruits placed in prominence. [[Caravaggio]], [[Vicenzo Campi]], [[Pierre-Auguste Renoir]], [[Claude Monet]], [[Édouard Manet]], [[Henri Fantin-Latour]], [[Severin Roesen]], [[Peter Paul Rubens]], and [[Van Gogh]] are among the many influential artists who painted peaches and peach trees in various settings.{{sfn|Torpy|2010|p=203}}{{sfn|Janick|n.d.|pp=6, 9}} Scholars suggest that many compositions are symbolic, some an effort to introduce realism.{{sfn|Spike|2010|pp=23–24}} For example, Tresidder claims the artists of Renaissance symbolically used peach to represent heart, and a leaf attached to the fruit as the symbol for tongue, thereby implying speaking truth from one's heart;{{sfn|Tresidder|2004|p=168}} a ripe peach was also a symbol to imply a ripe state of good health. Caravaggio's paintings introduce realism by painting peach leaves that are molted, discolored, or in some cases have wormholes – conditions common in modern peach cultivation.{{sfn|Janick|n.d.|p=6}}

In literature, [[Roald Dahl]] deciding on using a peach in his children's fantasy novel ''[[James and the Giant Peach]]'' after considering many other fruits including an apple, pear, or cherry. He thought the flavor and flesh of the peach to be more exciting.{{sfn|Sturrock|2010|p=351}}