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The Sculpture of Louise Nevelson

Constructing a Legend

By: Louise Nevelson,Arthur C. Danto,Harriet F. Senie,Jewish Museum (New York, N.Y.),Gabriel de Guzman,Michael Stanislawski

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The Sculpture of Louise Nevelson

Constructing a Legend

By: Louise Nevelson,Arthur C. Danto,Harriet F. Senie,Jewish Museum (New York, N.Y.),Gabriel de Guzman,Michael Stanislawski

Presents a catalog of an exhibition showcasing the works of the American sculptor and artist.

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Yale University Press

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0300121725

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9780300121728

Gardens and Ghettos

The Art of Jewish Life in Italy

By: Jewish Museum (New York, N.Y.)

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The Art of Jewish Life in Italy

By: Jewish Museum (New York, N.Y.)

Jews arrived in the Republic of Rome some time in the second or first century B.C.E. They soon formed their own community which absorbed Roman cultural forms but was able to maintain its identity and integrity. For more than twenty centuries, the Italian peninsula has been home to the heirs of this ancient minority community, whose culture is a blend of traditional Jewish content with Roman, then Italian cultural forms. Gardens and Ghettos: The Art of Jewish Life in Italy is the title of an exhibition curated by Vivian B. Mann and Emily Braun for The Jewish Museum, New York (September 1989-January 1990), an exhibition that explores the extraordinarily rich artistic legacy of Italian Jewry. This book, like the exhibition itself, focuses on four time periods: the Empire, the Era of the City States (1300-1550), the Era of the Ghettos (1550-1750), and the period since the Risorgimento. Artifacts and architecture are generously represented along with fine arts. Essays by prominent scholars introduce us to the historical and cultural context of a splendid array of works, from ancient Roman architectural fragments and gold glass to illuminated manuscripts and printed books from the Renaissance, baroque ceremonial textiles and silver, and paintings, graphics, and sculpture of the modern era. The many illustrations illuminate the art and life of a minority community in dynamic tension with dominant society and show the vibrant, ongoing contribution by Jews to the arts of Italy. Jews arrived in the Republic of Rome some time in the second or first century B.C.E. They soon formed their own community which absorbed Roman cultural forms but was able to maintain its identity and integrity. For more than twenty centuries, the Italian peninsula has been home to the heirs of this ancient minority community, whose culture is a blend of traditional Jewish content with Roman, then Italian cultural forms. Gardens and Ghettos: The Art of Jewish Life in Italy is the title of an exhibition curated by Vivian B. Mann and Emily Braun for The Jewish Museum, New York (September 1989-January 1990), an exhibition that explores the extraordinarily rich artistic legacy of Italian Jewry. This book, like the exhibition itself, focuses on four time periods: the Empire, the Era of the City States (1300-1550), the Era of the Ghettos (1550-1750), and the period since the Risorgimento. Artifacts and architecture are generously represented along with fine arts. Essays by prominent scholars introduce us to the historical and cultural context of a splendid array of works, from ancient Roman architectural fragments and gold glass to illuminated manuscripts and printed books from the Renaissance, baroque ceremonial textiles and silver, and paintings, graphics, and sculpture of the modern era. The many illustrations illuminate the art and life of a minority community in dynamic tension with dominant society and show the vibrant, ongoing contribution by Jews to the arts of Italy.

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Univ of California Press

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0520068254

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9780520068254

Martha Rosler

Irrespective

By: Rosalyn Deutsche,Elena Volpato,Martha Rosler,Jewish Museum (New York, N.Y.)

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Martha Rosler

Irrespective

By: Rosalyn Deutsche,Elena Volpato,Martha Rosler,Jewish Museum (New York, N.Y.)

The politically engaged work of Martha Rosler is fascinating and provocative; this wide-ranging survey brings timely insights at a moment of resurgence for political activism and feminism.

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Yale University Press

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0300230273

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9780300230277

Mel Bochner

Strong Language

By: Norman L. Kleeblatt,Mel Bochner,Jewish Museum (New York, N.Y.)

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Mel Bochner

Strong Language

By: Norman L. Kleeblatt,Mel Bochner,Jewish Museum (New York, N.Y.)

An engaging exploration of the use of language in a complex and colorful series of paintings Mel Bochner (b. 1940) is celebrated as a key Conceptual artist of the 1960s. Less well-known are his paintings made after that period: complex works based on an exploration of language, often crowded with typography in lush, contrasting hues that both embrace and challenge the painterly tradition. Mel Bochner: Strong Language focuses on this important body of work, in which Bochner investigates the lines between text and image. Ranging from bold admonishments and witty emoticons to provocative floods of words, these works demonstrate conceptual seriousness, as well as delight in the playful potential of language. Norman L. Kleeblatt discusses the evolution of Bochner's art from his early word experiments through his return to painting, while Bochner offers a personal perspective. Both Kleeblatt and Bochner address the question of Jewishness in Bochner's work, particularly the ways in which the Jewish intellectual tradition embraces language as a visual expressive form.

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145

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Yale University Press

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0300197349

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9780300197341

Ketubbot

Marriage Contracts from the Jewish Museum

By: Jewish Museum (New York, N.Y.),Claudia J. Nahson

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Marriage Contracts from the Jewish Museum

By: Jewish Museum (New York, N.Y.),Claudia J. Nahson

Marriage is one of the most important mitzvot (commandments) in Judaism, and the Scriptures are replete with verses encouraging the union of man and woman. One of the essential elements of a Jewish wedding ceremony is the writing and transfer of a contract, or ketubbah (plural ketubbot).Originally formulated to protect a woman's rights in marriage, the ketubbah established the financial obligations of the groom toward his bride in cases of divorce or death.This hardcover book presents forty ketubbot dating from 1614 to 1989. Originating in Italy, Persia, the Ottoman Empire, the Sephardi communities of Germany and Holland, and the United States, and drawing upon the collection of The Jewish Museum in New York City, these intricately illuminated marriage contracts are unique historical documents as well as beautiful works of art.

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Pomegranate

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0764906186

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9780764906183

The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, Volume 5

The Early Modern Era, 1500-1750

By: Posen Library of Jewish culture and civilization (Lucerne, Switzerland)

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The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, Volume 5

The Early Modern Era, 1500-1750

By: Posen Library of Jewish culture and civilization (Lucerne, Switzerland)

The fifth volume of the Posen Library demonstrates through a rich array of texts and images the extraordinary diversity of Jewish life during the early modern period "A rich and varied gateway into the primary source material of early modern Jewish history that is very strong on geographical diversity. A magnificent achievement."--Adam Sutcliffe, King's College London The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, Volume 5, covering the early modern period (1500-1750), presents a variety of Jewish texts to demonstrate the diversity of Jewish culture and life. These texts originate from Eastern and Western Europe, the Americas, the Ottoman Empire, North Africa, Kurdistan, Persia, Yemen, India--in short, a worldwide diaspora. They embrace historical writing and religious scholarship, liturgical expression and economic records, ethics and personal devotion, correspondence and communal regulations, art and music, architecture and poetry. The simultaneous centrifugal and centripetal character of Jewish communities during this era illustrates the distinctiveness of the early modern period in Jewish history and informs developments in world history at large. Including texts written by women, a robust collection of images, and extensive material not previously accessible to English-language readers, this volume is rich, deep, and enlightening.

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Yale University Press

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0300135513

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9780300135510

The Jewish Museum New York

By: Vivian B. Mann,Emily D. Bilski,Jewish Museum (New York, N.Y.)

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The Jewish Museum New York

By: Vivian B. Mann,Emily D. Bilski,Jewish Museum (New York, N.Y.)

Home to a collection of Jewish art that is unparalleled in size and historical and geographical scope, the Jewish Museum in New York City contains works which date from the antiquity of the Jewish people in Ancient Israel to contemporary pieces that reflect modern responses to the Jewish experience."--Amazon.com description.

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1857590163

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9781857590166

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Mel Bochner

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