Del 75 - Brill's Series in Jewish Studies

Reclaiming Biblical Heroines

Portrayals of Judith, Esther and the Shulamite in Early Twentieth-Century Jewish Art

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

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Although recently more studies have been devoted to the representations of Biblical heroines in modern European art, less is known about the contribution to the portrayals of Biblical women by modern Jewish artists. This monograph explores why and how heroines of the Scripture: Judith, Esther and the Shulamite received a particular meaning for acculturated Jewish artists originating from the Polish lands in the last decades of the nineteenth century and the first two decades of the twentieth century. It convincingly proves that artworks by Maurycy Gottlieb, Wilhem Wachtel, Ephraim Moses Lilien, Maurycy Minkowski, Samuel Hirszenberg and Boris Schatz significantly differed from renderings of contemporary non-Jewish artists, adopting a “Jewish perspective”, creating complex and psychological portrayals of the heroines inspired by Jewish literature and as well as by historical and cultural phenomena of Jewish revival and the cultural Zionism movement.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2022-11-10
Mått155 x 235 x 27 mm
Vikt761 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieBrill's Series in Jewish Studies
Antal sidor326
FörlagBrill
ISBN9789004472655

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AcknowledgmentsList of IllustrationsNote to the ReaderIntroduction1 Historical Background2 Aims of the Book and the State of the Research3 Methodology1 Judith in Late Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century Jewish Art1.1 The Book of Judith1.2 Judith in Pre-modern Jewish and Christian Tradition and Art1.3 Judith in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Art1.4 Celebrating Her Triumph: Judith in Late-Nineteenth and Early-Twentieth-Century Jewish Art2 The Jewish Queen Esther in Early Twentieth-Century Jewish Art2.1 The Book of Esther: Introduction2.2 Esther in Pre-modern Jewish and Christian Tradition and Art2.3 Jewish and Christian Literary Treatments of the Book of Esther in the Nineteenth Century2.4 Esther in Early Twentieth-Century Jewish Art3 The Shulamite in Early Twentieth-Century Jewish Art3.1 The Song of Songs: An Introduction3.2 The Shulamite in Jewish and Christian Tradition and Art Up to the Nineteenth Century3.4 New Meanings of the Song of Songs in Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Jewish and Christian Literature3.5 The Ideal Jewish Woman: The Shulamite and The Song of Songs in Jewish Art of the Early Twentieth CenturyConclusionBibliography