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The synagogue / by De Breffny, Brian.(CARDINAL)141350;
Bibliography: page 210.
Subjects: Synagogue architecture.; Synagogues;
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Die Kunst der antiken Synagoge / by Kanael, Baruch,author.; Ner-Tamid-Verlag,publisher.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 114-116).Einleitung -- Die Einstellung des Antiken Judentums zur Kunst -- Die Synagogen der Fr|heren Bauart (Drittes bis viertes Jahrbundert n. Chr.) -- Die Gr̃berstadt von Beth-She'arim -- Die Synagoge von Dura-Europos -- Die Kunst der Judischen Katakomben -- Synagogen der Spateren Bauart (Viertes bis siebtes Jahrhundert) -- Altjudische Kleinkunst -- Nachwort des Verfassers -- Literaturverzeichnis -- Bilderverzeichnis.
Subjects: Jewish art.; Synagogue architecture.;
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Recent American synagogue architecture / by Meier, Richard,1934-organizer,writer of introduction.(CARDINAL)273383; Kampf, Abraham,contributor.; Posner, Raphael,contributor.(CARDINAL)194960; Solomon, Alan R.,writer of preface.(CARDINAL)218168; Clarke & Way,printer.(CARDINAL)685063; Jewish Museum (New York, N.Y.),publisher,host institution.(CARDINAL)156362; Meriden Gravure Company,printer.(CARDINAL)513027;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Exhibition catalogs.; Synagogue architecture; Synagogues;
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Synagogues / by Gruber, Samuel,author.(CARDINAL)266738;
Includes bibliographical references (page 118) and index.Introduction: The nature of synagogues -- Form and function -- What makes a synagogue? -- In the beginning -- The synagogue in the ancient world -- Tucked away -- Synagogues in the Middle Ages -- Emerging elegance -- From Renaissance to emancipation -- Prosperity -- Synagogues in the Muslim world -- Unexpected worlds -- Synagogues in India and East Asia -- Glory -- Emancipation and reform -- Recovery -- Postwar synagogues -- Freedom -- Synagogues in America.
Subjects: Synagogues; Synagogue architecture;
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The story of the synagogue : a Diaspora Museum book / by Wigoder, Geoffrey,1922-1999.(CARDINAL)124408; Bet ha-tefutsot (Tel Aviv, Israel)(CARDINAL)149262;
Subjects: Synagogue architecture.; Architectural models.; Synagogues.;
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Churches & temples / by Thiry, Paul,1904-1993.(CARDINAL)188987; Bennett, Richard Marsh,1907-1996.(CARDINAL)745850; Kamphoefner, Henry L.(Henry Leveke),1907-1990.(CARDINAL)499193;
Subjects: Church architecture.; Synagogues.;
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Churches and temples, by Paul Thiry, Richard M. Bennett, and Henry L. Kamphoefner. Illus. in historical pref. and Protestant church sections by Duncan R. Stuart. by Thiry, Paul,1904-1993.(CARDINAL)188987;
Subjects: Church architecture.; Synagogues.;
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Synagogues of Europe : architecture, history, meaning / by Krinsky, Carol Herselle.(CARDINAL)177650;
Bibliography: pages 436-444.
Subjects: Synagogue architecture; Synagogues;
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Houses of worship : an identification guide to the history and styles of American religious architecture / by Howe, Jeffery W.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 435-443) and index.The history of religious architecture in the United States -- Early religious architecture in the U.S.-the first houses of worship -- Colonial churches-the Eighteenth century -- European revivals of the Nineteenth Century -- Victorian -- Pre-WWII-eclectic revivals -- The modern age.
Subjects: Church architecture; Synagogue architecture; Temples;
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Contemporary synagogue art; developments in the United States, 1945-1965. by Kampf, Avram.(CARDINAL)172405;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-263) and index.The Synagogue: A house of prayer, study and assembly -- Synagogue and ancient temple -- A house of the people instead of a house of God -- Worship by prayer and not sacrifice -- Instruction and debate replace magical elements -- New relation of individual to service -- The origin of the synagogue -- Löw's Theory -- From city gate to people's house to synagogue -- The view of S. W. Baron -- conditions for growth of self government in ancient Israel -- The synagogue as institution adapted to survival of religious-ethnic group in many lands -- The synagogue as house of instruction -- Prayer as instruction -- Psychological consequences of daily prayer -- The synagogue as house of assembly -- Community functions of the synagogue --Philo on the synagogue -- The Interpretation of the Second Commandment: Strict and liberal interpretations of the second commandment -- General retarding effect on development of plastic arts -- Sculptures in the biblical temple -- David Kaufmann revises historical view of Jewish attitude toward arts -- The work of Leopold Löw -- Abraham Geiger's Responsum -- View of contemporary scholarship -- The archeological evidence of an ancient Jewish art -- Liberal and conservative talmudic views -- Jewish craftsmen as makers of idols -- The view of Maimonides -- Art among the Jews of Italy and Poland -- Philosophic considerations -- Judaism's preference for the spoken word -- Views of Grätz and Herman Cohen -- The Jewish concept of God -- Attitude toward images reflecting religious situations in the ancient world -- Pervasiveness of a moral view of life -- The American Synagogue Today: The return to the synagogue -- The rise of the synagogue center -- Jewish survival under conditions of freedom -- The quest for Jewish identity -- The expansion of synagogue activities -- The quest for decorum -- Demand for art coming from tradtional sources and new conditions -- The view of Dr. M. M. Kaplan -- The idea of the Holy -- The adoption of modern architecture -- What should a synagogue look like? -- The view of Lewis Mumford -- The need for reconciliation of function and expression in synagogue architecture --The failure of functional planning to satisfy psychological needs -- The need for the work of art -- relationship of art and modern architecture -- the solutions to the problem of art in architecture by Sullivan, Wright, the International Style and the Bauhaus -- Leaders in architecture build synagogues -- The function of art in today's architecture -- Percival Goodman's contribution to the problem -- Collaboration among the arts -- Aft for Today's Synagogue: The expression of the Jewish ethos -- The communal art of a seventeenth-century synagogue -- The breakdown of the traditional Jewish world view -- Jewish theology today -- The function of art in the reestablishment of Jewish communal and religious values -- The artist vis-à-vis the community -- The position of the architect -- The role of the rabbi -- The need for his education in the arts -- art as an avenue of religious experience -- Modern art for the synagogue -- The expansion of the repertoire of Hebrew art -- A monumental scale for Jewish Analytic, expressive, and decorative tendencies of contemporary art in the synagogue -- The problem of communication in modern synagogue art -- The Hebrew letter -- Didactic art -- Synthesis of the abstract and the concrete in synagogue art -- synagogue art and the freedom of the artist -- Existence of Jewish motives in contemporary art of which the synagogue is unaware -- A genuine religious art for which the synagogue is a natural home -- Younger American artist and their Jewish subjects -- The place of the isolated work of art in the synagogue -- Relation of Jewish community to Jewish artists -- The case of Ben-Zion -- Congregation B'nai Israel in Millburn, New Jersey: Contemporary artists in the service of the synagogue -- Artwork integrated into exterior -- Sculpture aiding architecture in expressing the building's purpose -- The burning bush -- Use of new materials and new techniques -- A mural on the theme of the temple wall -- Inscriptions on the walls of the prayer hall -- A congregation remembers -- Stones from destroyed synagogues -- Torah curtains designed by artist and executed by women of congregation -- The signs of the curtain -- The reaction of the congregation -- The aims and achievements of the artist -- Artwork on Synagogue Exteriors -- The pillar of fire in hammered bronze -- The creation of the world and the liberation from bondage in sgraffito, terrazzo and metal -- Eight relief sculptures on persistent ideas of Judaism -- "Not by might but by my spirit..." -- The use of Hebrew mythology for representation of spirit and might -- "On three things the world is founded" -- A bronze sculpture of Moses and the burning bush -- A menorah designed in brick -- The pillar of fire and pillar of smoke in concrete, and a menorah resembling a chariot -- Five tile murals on Jewish ideas from the Bible -- A sculptural metaphor on theme of the menorah -- Sculpture in wrought iron -- The ladder, the Torah and the crowns -- A sculpture in metal and glass -- Artwork in the Vestibule: House of prayer, house of study , house of assembly, a mosaic mural on the contemporary synagogue -- the burning bush and the Messianic hope -- The yoke of Torah, a ladder to heaven -- Jacob's dream --The Messianic theme, another version of a mosaic mural -- The Miracle -- Artwork in the Prayer Hall-Part I: The ark as receptacle for the Torah scrolls -- Ark and bimah, two centers competing for attention -- The bimah, from a small platform to an imposing structure -- The representation of the ark in ancient Hebrew art -- The enlargement of the ark's frame -- The Torah curtains and the Eternal Light -- The menorah, a cosmic tree transformed as symbol of Judaism -- The memorial light -- The Torah ornaments -- The commanding position of the ark today -- The prayer hall embodying tensions within Judaism--the point of view of a Jewish theologian -- The functions of the synagogue are indivisible -- The need to evoke the numinous -- The use of stained-glass windows -- Different artistic conceptions of the prayer hall -- The wall which shelters the ark -- The ark, free standing and recessed -- The impact of contemporary design and materials on the ark -- The menorah today, search for depth and asymmetry -- A variety of Eternal Light lamps -- The memorial tables -- The use of electricity questioned -- Artwork in the Prayer Hall-Part II: Interiors designed by Erich Mendelsohn -- The evocation of the Holy by darkness and emptiness -- The bimah of Temple B'nai Israel in Bridgeport, Conn. -- The Beth El, Springfield, Mass. -- The primitive invades a modern synagogue -- Evocation of time and mobility in the arks of the Hebrew Congregation in Indianapolis, Ind. -- Silver ark doors narrate the biblical story in Temple Beth El in Great Neck, N.Y. -- Sculptured lead doors which recall the Holocaust -- Human figures and artist's self portrait carved on ark doors -- A modern carving of an old Hebrew fold motif -- The winged ark at Brandeis University -- The meeting of man with God -- The bronze ark of Temple B'rith Kodesh in Rochester, N.Y. -- Stained-Glass Windows: Stained-glass windows -- Man and community -- The windows in Temple B'nai Aaron, St. Paul, Minn. -- Stained-glass walls at the Milton Steinberg House in New York City and at Temple Shalom in Newton, Mass. -- Jewish history in stained glass at Har Zion in Philadelphia, Pa. -- Aspects of American Jewish history at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh -- Stained-glass windows as backdrop for the ark in New York City -- Fragments of old stained-glass windows worked into a modern design -- the unity of man, god, and the universe -- Abraham Rattner bases the design of a window on the cabala -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Index.
Subjects: Synagogue art, American.; Synagogue architecture;
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