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Jewish texts on the visual arts / by Mann, Vivian B.(CARDINAL)153693;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-226) and index.
Subjects: Jewish art.; Jewish art; Jewish aesthetics.; Judaism and art.;
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The artless Jew : medieval and modern affirmations and denials of the visual / by Bland, Kalman P.,1942-author.(CARDINAL)835799;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-228) and index.Modern denials and affirmations of Jewish art: Germanophone origins and themes -- Anglo-American variations -- The premodern consensus -- The well-tempered medieval sensorium -- Medieval beauty and cultural relativism -- Twelfth-century pilgrims, golden calves, and religious polemics -- The power and regulation of images in late medieval Jewish society."Conventional wisdom holds that Judaism is indifferent or even suspiciously hostile to the visual arts due to the Second Commandment's prohibition on creating "graven images," the dictates of monotheism, and historical happenstance. Kalman Bland synthesizes evidence from medieval Jewish philosophy, mysticism, poetry, biblical commentaries, travelogues, and law, concluding that premodern Jewish intellectuals held a positive, liberal understanding of the Second Commandment and did, in fact, articulate a certain Jewish aesthetic."--Jacket.1560L
Subjects: Ten commandments; Judaism and art; Jewish art.; Jewish aesthetics.; Jews;
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The Jewish decadence : Jews and the aesthetics of modernity / by Freedman, Jonathan,1954-author.(CARDINAL)856022; University of Chicago.Press,publisher.(CARDINAL)153865;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Freedman's final book is a tour de force that examines the history of Jewish involvement in the decadent art movement. While decadent art's most notorious practitioner was Oscar Wilde, as a movement it spread through western Europe and even included a few adherents in Russia. Jewish writers and artists such as Catulle Mèndes, Gustav Kahn, and Simeon Solomon would portray non-stereotyped characters and produce highly influential works. After decadent art's peak, Walter Benjamin, Marcel Proust, and Sigmund Freud would take up the idiom of decadence and carry it with them during the cultural transition to modernism. Freedman expertly and elegantly takes readers through this transition and beyond, showing the lineage of Jewish decadence all the way through to the end of the twentieth century"--
Subjects: Decadence (Literary movement); Decadence in art.; Civilization, Modern;
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Judaism and the visual image : a Jewish theology of art / by Raphael, Melissa,author.(CARDINAL)841281;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-224) and index.The second commandment in Jewish art and thought -- Genesis 1 and the creation of the image -- What does a Jewish woman look like? Gender and images of Jews in art -- Sublimity and representation of the Holocaust in art -- Towards a theology of the Holocaust image -- The dancing figure of Jewish history."The widespread assumption that Jewish religious tradition is mediated through words, not pictures, has left Jewish art with no significant role to play in Jewish theology and ethics ... Judaism and the Visual Image argues for a Jewish theology of image that, among other things, helps us re-read the creation story in Genesis 1 and to question why images of Jewish women as religious subjects appear to be doubly suppressed by the Second Commandment, when images of observant male Jews have become legitimate, even iconic, representations of Jewish holiness. Raphael further suggests that 'devout beholding' of images of the Holocaust is a corrective to post-Holocaust theologies of divine absence from suffering that are infused by a sub-theological aesthetic of the sublime. Raphael concludes by proposing that the relationship between God and Israel composes itself into a unitary dance or moving image by which each generation participates in a processive revelation that is itself the ultimate work of Jewish art."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Ten commandments; Aesthetics; Judaism and art.; Jewish art and symbolism.; Jews in art.; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in art.;
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Idolizing pictures : idolatry, iconoclasm and Jewish art / by Julius, Anthony,1956-author.(CARDINAL)387433; Thames and Hudson,pulisher.(CARDINAL)757105;
Includes bibliographical references."In this book Anthony Julius derives a Jewish aesthetic from the Second Commandment. This prohibition of idolatry is not just an injunction against idol worshipping, but a call to idol breaking; it promotes a creative iconoclasm which exposes through irony inflated claims about art. Julius identifies and celebrates those Jewish works of art which by their irony subvert artistic and political idolatry. Idolizing Pictures is a manifesto for Jewish art."--Jacket.
Subjects: Jewish art.; Idols and images.;
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A century of Israeli art / by Zalmona, Yigal,author.(CARDINAL)188871;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Zionist aesthetics: Jewish artists in late-nineteenth-century Europe -- The Bezalel school: early arts and crafts in the land of Israel -- Modernism and the fascination with the east -- A decade of conflict: localism and universalism -- Nimrod: a case study in art, history, and identity -- Art in the service of nation-building -- New horizons -- The birth of now -- The seventies: exploring the boundaries of art -- The eighties: back to painting -- The return of the real? -- The beauty of weakness."A Century of Israeli Art presents the story of modern Israel's visual culture, beginning with the pre-state years of Zionist art in the early 20th century and extending to the present day, as a new generation of Israeli artists rises to international prominence in the 21st century. Framing artistic developments in the context of successive periods, author Yigal Zalmona describes the many ways in which Israel's art has been influenced by its social and political history. This look at the wider picture goes hand-in-hand with detailed, enlightening analyses of seminal artworks from every period. Zalmona surveys the early days of the Bezalel School, founded in 1906 in the spirit of the Arts and Crafts movement; Land-of-Israel art during an era of nation-building; the pre-eminence of international modernism and Lyrical Abstraction after 1948; social-activist and conceptual art in the 1970s; and the recent embrace of photography and video. Throughout its evolution, Israeli art has reflected a complex cultural discourse revolving around questions of identity - Western versus Eastern, local versus universal, national and ethnic, collective and personal. Drawing on the author's decades of accumulated knowledge and activity in the field of Israeli art - as historian, critic, teacher, and curator - and aimed at a broad audience, this book will be fascinating reading for art-lovers and for all those with an interest in Israel's cultural history, offering a compelling example of the interaction between visual art and a dynamic, multifaceted society"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Art, Israeli; Art and society;
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I like your chutzpah : and other Yiddish words you'll like / by Ultman, Suzy,author,illustrator.(CARDINAL)838907;
"This modern and whimsical Jewish-themed board book series is the first of its kind incorporating both Jewish traditions and Jewish culture, offering a unique depiction of Judaism. Author and artist Suzy Ultman melds her own Jewish upbringing with her current trend-setting aesthetic to create a much-needed series of gorgeous, appealing, and perfectly simple books that will stand out on any table or shelf amidst the sea of blue-and-gold painterly Jewish-themed books that precede these. I Like Your Chutzpahis a casebound board book that showcases and defines popular Yiddish words through a playful lens that will validate Jewish readers, and inform and entertain Jews and non-Jews alike!"--Ages 1-3
Subjects: Board books.; Picture books.;
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Skies of parchment, seas of ink : Jewish illuminated manuscripts / by Epstein, Marc Michael,1964-editor.(CARDINAL)350087; Lachter, Hartley,1974-People of the Book/Book of the people.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-268) and index.Introduction: for the love of books / Marc Michael Epstein -- The people of the book/books of the people: illuminating the canon / Hartley Lachter and Marc Michael Epstein -- Parchments and palimpsests: scribe, illuminator, patron, audience / Marc Michael Epstein -- The illuminated page: materials, methods, and techniques / Barbara Wolff -- Mapping the territory: ʼArbʻah kanfot haʼareẓ, the four corners of the medieval Jewish world. Ereẓ Yisrael/The land of Israel: homeland and center / Marc Michael Epstein ; Italia/Italy: the first western diaspora / Marc Michael Epstein ; Ashkenaz: Franco-Germany, England, Central, and East Europe / Eva Frojmovic with Marc Michael Epstein ; Sepharad and ʻArav: Spain and the Middle East / Raymond P. Scheindlin with Marc Michael Epstein ; The problem of "national style" / Eva Frojmovic with Marc Michael Epstein -- No graven image: permitted depictions, forbidden depictions, and creative solutions / Eva Frojmovic and Marc Michael Epstein -- Exploring the mystery of the Birds' Head Haggadah / Marc Michael Epstein -- Iconography: telling the story / Marc Michael Epstein -- Dialogue and disputation: cultural negotiation / Marc Michael Epstein -- This world: centered on the home: women, marriage, and the family / Shalom Sahar -- "Glimpses of Jewish life": reality or illusion? / Marc Michael Epstein -- "Incidental details": margins and meaning / Marc Michael Epstein -- "Sacred and profane": naked ladies in the Haggadah? / Ágnes Vető -- Other worlds: fantastic horizons and unseen universes / Hartley Lachter wtih Marc Michael Epstein -- Zion and Jerusalem: "The sum of all beauty, the joy of all the earth" / Shalom Sahar -- In the royal court: Jewish illumination in an age of printing / Marc Michael Epstein -- A Yiddish Minhagim manuscript / Diane Wolfthal -- Illuminating the present: contemporary Jewish illumination / Susan Vick with Marc Michael Epstein -- Continuing the journey: annotated bibliography and manuscript descriptions / Jenna Siman Jacobs with Marc Michael Epstein."The love of books in the Jewish tradition extends back over many centuries, and the ways of interpreting those books are as myriad as the traditions themselves. [This] offers the first full survey of Jewish illuminated manuscripts, ranging from their origins in the Middle Ages to the present day. Featuring some of the most beautiful examples of Jewish art of all time - including hand-illustrated versions of the Bible, the Haggadah, the prayer book, marriage documents, and other beloved Jewish texts - the book introduces readers to the history of these manuscripts and their interpretation. Edited by Marc Michael Epstein with contributions from leading experts, this ... features a lively and informative text, showing how Jewish aesthetic tastes and iconography overlapped with and diverged from those of Christianity, Islam, and other traditions. Featured manuscripts were commissioned by Jews and produced by Jews and non-Jews over many centuries, and represent Eastern and Western perspectives and the views of both pietistic and liberal communities across the Diaspora, including Europe, Israel, the Middle East, and Africa. Magnificently illustrated with pages from hundreds of manuscripts, many previously unpublished or rarely seen, Skies of Parchment, Seas of Ink offers surprising new perspectives on Jewish life, presenting the books of the People of the Book as never before"--Publisher's description.
Subjects: Jewish illumination of books and manuscripts.;
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If all the seas were ink : a memoir / by Kurshan, Ilana,author.(CARDINAL)488146;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-299).Introduction: One day wiser -- A note on the Talmud -- I. The order of festivals -- Yoma: Alone in Jerusalem -- Sukkah/Beitzah: Temporary homes -- Rosh Hashanah: The book of life -- Taanit: Two by two -- Megillah: Who knows? -- Moed Katan: Trapdoor days -- Hagigah: Torah from the heavens -- II. The order of women -- Yevamot: Lentils in my pot -- Ketubot: I am a Jewish man -- Nedarim/Nazir: Ascetic Aesthetics -- Sotah: A still unravished bride -- Gittin: Writing divorce -- Kidushin: Toward a theory of romantic love -- III. The order of damages -- Bava Kama/Bava Metzia/Bava Batra: Suspended in a miracle -- Sanhedrin: Another lifetime -- Makkot/Shevuot: Sarah Ivreinu -- Avodah Zarah/Horayot: Frost at midnight -- IV. The order of holiness -- Zevahim/Menahot/Hullin: Holy eating -- Bechorot/Erchin/Temurah/Keritot/Meilah/Tamid/Middot/Kinnim: Poets & gatekeepers -- V. the order of purity -- Niddah: A folded notebook -- VI. The order of seeds -- Merachot: Writing about prayer is easier than praying -- VII. The order of festivals (again) -- Shabbat/Eruvin: A pregnant pause -- Pesachim: Take two -- Shekalim: Weaving the Talmudic tapestry -- Yoma: Encore.At the age of 27, alone in Jerusalem in the wake of a painful divorce, Ilana Kurshan joined the world s largest book club, learning daf yomi, Hebrew for daily page" of the Talmud, a book of rabbinic teachings spanning about 600 years and the basis for all codes of Jewish law. A runner, a reader and a romantic, Kurshan adapted to its pace, attuned her ear to its poetry, and discovered her passions in its pages. She brought the Talmud with her wherever she went, studying in airplanes, supermarket lines, and over a plate of pasta at home, careful not to drip tomato sauce upon discussions about the sprinkling of blood on the Temple altar. By the time she completed the Talmud after seven and a half years, Kurshan was remarried with three young children. With each pregnancy, her Talmud sat perched atop her growing belly. This memoir is a tale of heartache and humor, of love and loss, of marriage and motherhood, and of learning to put one foot in front of the other by turning page after page. Kurshan takes us on a deeply accessible and personal guided tour of the Talmud, shedding new light on its stories and offering insights into its arguments both for those already familiar with the text and for those who have never encountered it. For people of the book both Jewish and non-Jewish If All the Seas Were Ink is a celebration of learning through literature how to fall in love once again.Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature, Winner, 2018
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Kurshan, Ilana.; Talmud; Jews, American; Women Jewish scholars;
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New York's Yiddish theater : from the Bowery to Broadway / by Nahshon, Edna,editor.(CARDINAL)649838; Museum of the City of New York,host institution.(CARDINAL)161593; YIVO Institute for Jewish Research,collector.(CARDINAL)147093;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 316-321) and index.In the early decades of the twentieth century, a vibrant theatrical culture took shape on New York City's Lower East Side. Original dramas, comedies, musicals, and vaudeville, along with sophisticated productions of Shakespeare, Ibsen, and Chekhov, were innovatively staged for crowds that rivaled the scene on Broadway. While these productions were in Yiddish and catered to Eastern European Jewish audiences (the largest immigrant group in the city at the time), their artistic and aesthetic creations and their play with politics and history came to influence all facets of the American stage. Vividly illustrated and with contributions from leading historians and critics, this history recounts in absorbing detail the heyday of "Yiddish Broadway" and its vital contribution to American Jewish life and its crossover to American culture. Performances grappled with Jewish nationalism, labor relations, women's rights, religious observance, acculturation, and assimilation. They reflected a range of genres, from tear-jerkers to experimental theater, and introduced American audiences to avant-garde dramatic technique.
Subjects: Exhibition catalogs.; Jewish theater; Theater, Yiddish;
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