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This volume analyses the levels of meaning present in a wide range of visual images - from high art by Jewish artists to Judaica, caricatures, and political propaganda.

Jewish art. --- Jews in art. --- Jews --- Jewish life --- Jewish way of life in art --- Art, Jewish --- Hebrew art --- Judaism and art --- Art --- History --- Social life and customs. --- Customs --- Ritual

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Art, Jewish --- -Jewish art and symbolism --- -Synagogue architecture --- -Synagogue art --- -Excavations (Archaeology) --- -Art, Synagogue --- Jewish art --- Jewish architecture --- Jewish symbolism and art --- Jewish arts --- Symbolism --- Symbolism in art --- Hebrew art --- Judaism and art --- Art --- Palestine --- -Holy Land --- Antiquities --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Jewish art and symbolism --- Synagogue architecture --- Synagogue art --- Antiquities. --- -Palestine --- -Antiquities --- Art, Synagogue

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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. This intellectual history of medieval and modern Jewish attitudes toward art and representation overturns the modern assumption of Jewish iconophobia that denies to Jewish culture a visual dimension. 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. He draws on this insight to consider modern ideas of Jewish art, revealing how they are inextricably linked to diverse notions about modern Jewish identity that are themselves entwined with arguments over Zionism, integration, and anti-Semitism. Through its use of the past to illuminate the present and its analysis of how the present informs our readings of the past, this book establishes a new assessment of Jewish aesthetic theory rooted in historical analysis. Authoritative and original in its identification of authentic Jewish traditions of painting, sculpture, and architecture, this volume will ripple the waters of several disciplines, including Jewish studies, art history, medieval and modern history, and philosophy.

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In the late nineteenth century in Europe and to some extent in the United States, the Jewish upper middle class—particularly the more affluent families—began to enter the cultural spheres of public life, especially in major cities such as Vienna, Berlin, Paris, New York, and London. While many aspects of society were closed to them, theater, the visual arts, music, and art publication were far more inviting, especially if they involved challenging aspects of modernity that might be less attractive to Gentile society. Jews had far less to lose in embracing new forms of expression, and they were very attracted to what was regarded as the universality of cultural expression. Ultimately, these new cultural ideals had an enormous influence on art institutions and artistic manifestations in America and may explain why Jews have been active in the arts in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries to a degree totally out of proportion to their presence in the US population. Jewish cultural activities and aspirations form the focus of the contributions to this volume. Invited authors include senior figures in the field such as Matthew Baigell and Emily Bilski, alongside authors of a younger generation such as Daniel Magilow and Marcie Kaufman. There is also an essay by noted Los Angeles artist and photographer Bill Aron. The guest editor of the volume, Ruth Weisberg, provides an Introduction that places the individual contributions in context.

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Art, Byzantine --- Christian art and symbolism --- Jewish art --- Jewish art and symbolism --- Judaism --- Orthodox Eastern Church --- 296*51 --- 75.033.2 --- Jewish symbolism and art --- Jewish arts --- Symbolism --- Symbolism in art --- Byzantine art --- Art, Medieval --- 75.033.2 Schilderkunst van Byzantium; Oud-Armenië; Oud-Rusland. Ikonen --- Schilderkunst van Byzantium; Oud-Armenië; Oud-Rusland. Ikonen --- 296*51 Joodse liturgie --- Joodse liturgie --- Liturgical objects --- Art, Jewish --- Hebrew art --- Judaism and art --- Art