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Ars Judaica: The Bar-Ilan Journal of Jewish Art, Volume 10

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

Av Bracha Yaniv, Mirjam Rajner, Ilia Rodov

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ArsJudaica is an annual publication of the Department ofJewish Art at Bar-Ilan University. It showcases the Jewish contribution to thevisual arts and architecture from antiquity to the present from a variety ofperspectives, including history, iconography, semiotics, psychology, sociology,and folklore. As such it is a valuable resource for art historians, collectors,curators, and all those interested in the visual arts.In this volume, Sarit Shalev-Eyni considers the Mahzor as a cosmologicalcalendar, while Katrin Kogman-Appel looks at the work of Elisha ben Abraham,known as Cresques, in fourtheenth-century Mallorca. Evelyn M. Cohen discusses a surprising modelfor Charlotte Rothschild's Haggadah of 1842 and Ronit Sternberg examinessampler embroidery past and present as an expression of merging Jewishidentity. Jechezkiel David Kirszenbaum’s exploration of personal displacementisthe subject of an article by Caroline Goldberg Igra, and the Great Synagogue onTłomackie Street in Warsaw one by Eleanora Bergman. The Special Item by Sergey R. Kravtsov and VladimirLevin is devoted to Perek Shirah on a wall of the Great Synagoguein Radyvyliv. The volume alsoincludes book reviews and an appreciation of the life of Alfred Moldovan byWilliam L. Gross. Contributors: Ziva Amishai-Maisels, Professor, History of Art Department, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Eleonora Bergman, Emanuel Ringelbaum Jewish Historical Institute, Warsaw, Evelyn M. Cohen, Professor, Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS), New York, Caroline Goldberg Igra, Guest Curator, Beit Hatfusot, Tel Aviv, William L. Gross, Collector, Tel Aviv, Katrin Kogman-Appel, Professor, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheva, Sergey R. Kravtsov, Center for Jewish Art, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Vladimir Levin, Center for Jewish Art, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Sarit Shalev-Eyni, History of Art Department, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Larry Silver, History of Art Department, University of Pennsylvania, Ronit Steinberg, History and Theory Department, Bezalel Academy of Arts and design, JerusalemVolumes of ArsJudaica are distributed by the Littman Library of Jewish Civilizationthroughout the world, except Israel. Orders and enquiries from Israelicustomers should be directed to:Ars JudaicaDepartment of Jewish ArtBar-Ilan UniversityRamat-Gan 52900telephone 03 5318413fax 03 6359241email ajudaica@mail.biu.ac.il

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2014-04-03
Mått220 x 280 x 10 mm
Vikt703 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieArs Judaica: The Bar-Ilan Journal of Jewish Art
Antal sidor128
FörlagLiverpool University Press
ISBN9781906764364

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Bracha Yaniv is Professor Emerita of Jewish Art History at Bar-Ilan University, and founding editor of Ars Judaica: The Bar-Ilan Journal of Jewish Art. She is the author of The Carved Wooden Torah Arks of Eastern Europe (2017) and Ceremonial Synagogue Textiles from Ashkenazi, Sephardi, and Italian Communities (2019), both published by the Littman Library. Mirjam Rajner is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Jewish Art at Bar-Ilan University. Since 2005 she has been co-editor of Ars Judaica, the leading journal on Jewish art and visual culture. She has published numerous articles on Marc Chagall and modern central and east European Jewish art in exhibition catalogues, edited volumes, and academic journals, such as East European Jewish Studies, Images, Jewish Art, Nashim, Studia Rosenthaliana, and Studies in Contemporary Jewry. She is the author of Fragile Images: Jews and Art in Yugoslavia,1918–1945 (2019), and is currently co-editing a collection of articles entitled Crossing Borders: Jewish History and Culture in Southeastern Europe. Ilia Rodov is Head of the Department of Jewish Art at Bar-Ilan University. He is the author of many works on European synagogue art, focusing on the history, patronage, and meanings of synagogue paintings, sculptures, architectural decoration, and furniture design.

Editors’ NoteThe Mahzor as a Cosmological Calendar: The Zodiac Signs in Medieval Ashkenazi Context SARIT SHALEV-EYNI'Elisha ben Abraham, Known as Cresques': Scribe, Illuminator, and Mapmaker in Fourteenth-Century Mallorca KATRIN KOGMAN-APPELA Surprising Model for Charlotte Rothschild’s Haggadah of 1842 EVELYN M. COHENSampler Embroidery Past and Present as an Expression of Merging Jewish Identity RONIT STEINBERGThe Restoration of Loss: Jechezkiel David Kirszenbaum’s Exploration of Personal Displacement CAROLINE GOLDBERG IGRAThe Great Synagogue on Tłomackie Street: Warsaw Inspirations ELEONORA BERGMANSpecial itemLeviathan Thanks the Lord: Perek Shirah on a Wall of the Great Synagogue in Radyvyliv SERGEY R. KRAVTSOV and VLADIMIR LEVINBook ReviewsObsessions of a DiasporistCilly Kugelmann, Eckhart Gillen, and Hubertus Gaßner, Obsessions: R. B. Kitaj 1932–2007 ZIVA AMISHAI-MAISELSIsrael’s Art Viewed and ReviewedYigal Zalmona, A Century of Israeli Art LARRY SILVERIn MemoriamAlfred Moldovan (1921–2013) WILLIAM L. GROSSAbbreviationsContributors to this issue