Jewish Art,9780810935143

Jewish Art

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ISBN13: 9780810935143
ISBN10: 0810935147
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1997-02-01
Publisher(s): Harry N. Abrams
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Summary

Covering nearly 4,000 years, this fascinating book traces the history of Jewish art from its origins--the Temple in Jerusalem, c. 2000 B.C.--up through the work of twentieth-century artist Marc Chagall. This exceptionally rich journey surveys a wealth of religious art, architecture, and archaeological discoveries on five continents to vividly document the history and legacy of art in Jewish culture, while also exploring the role of Jewish art in the American and European art world at large.

Table of Contents

PREFACE 9(10)
ORIENTAL SOURCES OF JEWISH ART SACRED SPACES From the Middle of the Second Millennium B.C.E. to the Third Century C.E. 19(76)
Gabrielle Sed-Rajna
FROM THE BEGINNINGS TO THE FIRST TEMPLE
19(21)
Canaanite Sanctuaries
19(1)
Birth of a Concept: the Sacred Land
20(1)
The Tabernacle in the Wilderness: Structure and Implements
21(1)
Images of the Tabernacle
22(1)
The Fulfillment of the Promise: Settlement in Canaan
23(1)
The Temple of Solomon: The Centralized Monarchy
24(1)
The Temple of Solomon in Art
25(1)
The Two Kingdoms: Ivories
26(3)
The Destruction of the First Temple
29(11)
THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE SECOND TEMPLE: THE SPLENDOR OF JERUSALEM
40(34)
The Encounter Between Two Cultures
40(1)
Hasmonean Palaces
41(1)
Herod, The Great Builder
42(1)
The Splendor of the Restored Second Temple
42(3)
Palaces and Fortresses
45(2)
Jerusalem in the Herodian Period
47(3)
Funerary Art
50(3)
The End of the Second Temple
53(21)
THE EMERGENCE OF RABBINIC JUDAISM
74(21)
Jabneh: The Renaissance
74(1)
The Final Upheaval: the Bar Kokhba Revolt
74(2)
From Images of the Past to Symbols of Expectation
76(1)
Funerary Art in Beth She `arim
76(3)
The Jewish Catacombs of Rome
79(1)
Glasses Decorated with Gold Leaf
80(15)
ANCIENT SYNAGOGUES ARCHITECTURE, MURALS, MOSAICS From the Third Century C.E. to the Tenth Century C.E. 95(70)
Gabrielle Sed-Rajna
The Origins of the Institution
95(1)
Synagogue Architecture
96(18)
The Wall Paintings of Dura-Europos: The Bible in Images
114(12)
The Models for the Paintings and their Derivatives
126(2)
Program and Message
128(1)
Mosaic Pavements: Images of the Universe
129(1)
Figurative Mosaics
129(7)
Mosaics with Inhabited Scrolls
136(3)
From the Temple to its Representation: Oriental Visions
139(1)
Bible Illumination in the Orient
140(25)
THE DEVELOPMENT OF JEWISH ART IN THE WEST ARCHITECTURE, ILLUMINATION, RITUAL OBJECTS From the Twelfth to the Twentieth Centuries 165(160)
SYNAGOGUES: THE COMMUNITY AS UNIT
165(58)
Dominique Jarrasse
The Middle Ages
166(2)
Contrasts of the Baroque Age
168(1)
Italy: the Hidden Splendor of the Ghettos
168(1)
Northern Europe: the Aufklarung
169(2)
Eastern Europe: The Monuments of the Shtetl
171(1)
The Temples of the Emancipation
172(5)
From Synagogue to Community Center
177(1)
Contemporary Synagogues
178(2)
Funerary Art
180(43)
BOOKS: THE COMMUNITY RECOUNTED
223(57)
Gabrielle Sed-Rajna
The Iberian Penninsula: Memories of the Orient
223(4)
France: The Attraction of the Gothic
227(2)
The Germanic Lands: Marvels and Legends
229(2)
Italy: The Riches of the Renaissance
231(49)
CEREMONIAL OBJECTS: COMMUNITY CELEBRATIONS
280(45)
Gabrielle Sed-Rajna
Sacred Times
280(1)
The Iberian Peninsula
281(1)
Italy
282(2)
The Germanic Lands
284(2)
Bohemia, Hungary and Austria
286(1)
France
287(1)
Poland
287(1)
Russia and Ukraine
288(1)
The Ottoman Empire and the Orient
289(1)
The United States and Israel
290(1)
Crafts of Color
291(34)
JEWISH ARTISTS From the Eighteenth Century to the Present Day 325(64)
Ziva Amishai-Maisels
The Emancipation, From Tradition to Modernity
325(2)
The First Jewish Emancipated Artists
327(3)
Mid-century Attempts at Assimilation
330(3)
In Search of a Jewish National School of Art
333(1)
The Jewish Artistic Revival in Russia
334(2)
Jewish Art in the National Home
336(5)
Artistic Assimilation: The Jew as a Modern Artist
341(3)
Expressionism in Berlin and the Jewish Ecole de Paris
344(2)
Jewish Artists in the American Melting Pot
346(3)
The Internationalist Trend in Israeli Art
349(1)
The Impact of Historical Events
350(39)
DOCUMENTATION 389(142)
MAPS
531(6)
PRINCIPAL SYNAGOGUES 537(74)
CHRONOLOGY 611(5)
GLOSSARY 616(3)
BIBLIOGRAPHY 619(9)
INDEX 628

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