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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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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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The sacred portal, a primary symbol in ancient Judaic art / by Goldman, Bernard,1922-(CARDINAL)137631;
Bibliography: pages 191-206.
Subjects: Ḥeftsi Bah (Israel). Beth Alpha Synagogue.; Synagogue art; Mosaics;
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Jewish art treasures in Venice / by Comunità israelitica di Venezia.(CARDINAL)309781;
Subjects: Exhibition catalogs.; Synagogue art; Synagogues; Jews;
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Ancient Jewish art and archaeology in the land of Israel / by Hachlili, Rachel.(CARDINAL)187981;
Bibliography: pages 405-416.
Subjects: Excavations (Archaeology); Jewish art and symbolism; Jewish art; Synagogue architecture; Synagogue art;
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Treasures of Jewish art : from the Jacobo and Asea Furman collection of Judaica / by Furman, Jacobo.(CARDINAL)327760; Grossman, Grace Cohen.(CARDINAL)223935; Hugh Lauter Levin Associates.(CARDINAL)327759;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-281) and index.
Subjects: Catalogs.; Furman, Jacobo; Furman, Asea; Jewish art; Synagogue art; Judaism; Ceremonial objects; Art;
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Art and Judaism in the Greco-Roman world : toward a new Jewish archaeology / by Fine, Steven,author.(CARDINAL)210417;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-252) and indexes.Building an ancient synagogue on the Delaware: Philadelphia's Henry S. Frank Memorial Synagogue and constructions of Jewish art at the turn of the twentieth century -- The old-new land: "Jewish archaeology" and the Zionist narrative -- Archaeology and the search for "non-rabbinic Judaism" -- Art history: transmitting Jewish artlessness to new generations -- Toward a new "Jewish archaeology": methodological reflections -- Art and identity in latter Second Temple period Judaism: the Hasmonean royal tombs at Modi'in -- Art and identity in late antique Palestine: the Na'aran synagogue -- Art and identity in diaspora communities in late antiquity: from Nehardea to Rome -- Between Rome and Jerusalem: the date palm as a "Jewish symbol" -- "The lamps of Israel": the menorah as a Jewish symbol -- The Dura Europos synagogue and its liturgical parchment -- Synagogue mosaics and liturgy in the land of Israel -- Sanctity and the art of ancient synagogues.
Subjects: Jewish art and symbolism.; Synagogue art.; Synagogue architecture.; Judaism and art; Judaism; Judaism;
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The American Jew in the visual art of America. by Kanof, Abram,1903-1999,contributor.(CARDINAL)190272; Freudenheim, Tom L.,contributor.(CARDINAL)309066; American Jewish Historical Society,publisher.(CARDINAL)161510;
A selected bibliography / by Abram Kanof -- How to organize a local Jewish museum / by Abram Kanof and Tom L. Freudenheim -- List of Jewish Museums.This pamphlet was created iin connection with the theme of 1966's American Jewish History Week (April 17-24, 1966), "The American Jew in the Visual Art in America." The first part, A Selected Bibliography, is devoted to this year's theme and contains the following seven headings: I. General Histories of Jewish Art, II. American Jewish Artists, III. What is Jewish Art?, IV. Art and the Second Commandment, V. Jewish Ceremonial Art, VI. American Synagogue Architecture, and VII. General Reference Works. The second part, How to organize a local Jewish museum, is followed by a List of Jewish Museums.
Subjects: Jewish art; Jewish art and symbolism; Judaism; Synagogue architecture; Synagogue art, American; Jewish museums.;
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Jewish ceremonial art : a guide to the appreciation of the art objects used in synagogue and home, principally from the collections of the Jewish Museum of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America / by Jewish Museum (New York, N.Y.)(CARDINAL)156362; Kayser, Stephen S.,1900-1988.(CARDINAL)216682;
Subjects: Exhibition catalogs.; Jewish art;
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Jewish ceremonial art : a guide to the appreciation of the art objects used in synagogue and home, principally from the collections of the Jewish Museum of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America / by Jewish Museum (New York, N.Y.)(CARDINAL)156362; Kayser, Stephen S.,1900-1988,editor.(CARDINAL)216682; Schoenberger, Guido,1891-associate editor.(CARDINAL)309070;
Subjects: Exhibition catalogs.; Jewish art;
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