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Modern Theories of Art 2

From Impressionism to Kandinsky

By: Moshe Barasch

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Modern Theories of Art 2

From Impressionism to Kandinsky

By: Moshe Barasch

In this volume, the third in his classic series of texts surveying the history of art theory, Moshe Barasch traces the hidden patterns and interlocking themes in the study of art, from Impressionism to Abstract Art. Barasch details the immense social changes in the creation, presentation, and reception of art which have set the history of art theory on a vertiginous new course: the decreased relevance of workshops and art schools; the replacement of the treatise by the critical review; and the interrelation of new modes of scientific inquiry with artistic theory and praxis. The consequent changes in the ways in which critics as well as artists conceptualized paintings and sculptures were radical, marked by an obsession with intense, immediate sensory experiences, psychological reflection on the effects of art, and a magnetic pull to the exotic and alien, making for the most exciting and fertile period in the history of art criticism.

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NYU Press

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0814739482

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9780814739488

The Language of Art

Studies in Interpretation

By: Moshe Barasch

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The Language of Art

Studies in Interpretation

By: Moshe Barasch

The argument moves from the art and civilization of ancient Egypt to that of modern Europe and effortlessly reveals a full and surprising range of language in art - from the magical to the impious, from the ambiguous to the didactic, scientific, and propagandistic.

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081471255X

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9780814712559

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Studies in the History of an Idea

By: Moshe Barasch

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Studies in the History of an Idea

By: Moshe Barasch

Over the centuries, European debate about the nature and status of images of God and sacred figures has often upset the established order and shaken societies to their core. Out of this debate, an identifiable doctrine has emerged of the image in general and of the divine image in particular. This fascinating work concentrates on these historical arguments, from the period of Late Antiquity up to the great and classic defenses of images by St. John of Damascus and Theodore of Studion. Icon extends beyond the immediate concerns of religion, philosophy, aesthetics, history, and art, to engage them all.

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0814712142

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Theories of Art

1. From Plato to Winckelmann

By: Moshe Barasch

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Theories of Art

1. From Plato to Winckelmann

By: Moshe Barasch

This book, the first in Moshe Barasch's series on art theory, offers a comprehensive analysis and reassessment of major trends in European art theory and its development from the time of Plato to the early eighteenth century. Barasch expertly guides the reader from the interwoven attitudes and traditions of antiquity, through the writings of St. Thomas Aquinas and the aesthetic values of the Middle Ages, to the branching out of several disciplines--art history, art criticism, abstract aesthetics--in the late Renaissance. Clearly outlining the development of art theory and exploring the central issues of each historical period, Theories of Art is a valuable resource for the art historian as well as a stimulating introduction for the general reader.

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Routledge

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1135199809

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9781135199807

Theories of Art: From Winckelmann to Baudelaire

By: Moshe Barasch

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Theories of Art: From Winckelmann to Baudelaire

By: Moshe Barasch

This anthology examines Love's Labours Lost from a variety of perspectives and through a wide range of materials. Selections discuss the play in terms of historical context, dating, and sources; character analysis; comic elements and verbal conceits; evidence of authorship; performance analysis; and feminist interpretations. Alongside theater reviews, production photographs, and critical commentary, the volume also includes essays written by practicing theater artists who have worked on the play. An index by name, literary work, and concept rounds out this valuable resource.

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Psychology Press

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0415926262

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9780415926263

Blindness

The History of a Mental Image in Western Thought

By: Moshe Barasch

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Blindness

The History of a Mental Image in Western Thought

By: Moshe Barasch

This is a remarkable study of how Western culture has represented blindness, especially in that most visual of arts, painting. Moshe Barasch draws upon not only the span of art history from antiquity to the eighteenth century but also the classical and biblical traditions that underpin so much of artistic representation: Blind Homer, the healing of

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1136799753

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9781136799754

Representation in Religion

Studies in Honour of Moshe Barasch

By: Moshé Barash,Jan Assmann,Albert I. Baumgarten

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Representation in Religion

Studies in Honour of Moshe Barasch

By: Moshé Barash,Jan Assmann,Albert I. Baumgarten

The volume consists of presentations made at an international conference. Authors consider the issues concerning the role of representation in religion across a variety of traditions, from the three Abrahamic faiths to those of antiquity and the East.

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BRILL

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9004119396

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Theories of Art

2. From Winckelmann to Baudelaire

By: Moshe Barasch

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Theories of Art

2. From Winckelmann to Baudelaire

By: Moshe Barasch

First published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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1135199736

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Theories of Art

1. From Plato to Winckelmann

By: Moshe Barasch

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Theories of Art

1. From Plato to Winckelmann

By: Moshe Barasch

First published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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1135199795

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Studies in the History of An Idea

By: Moshe Barasch,Luci Serrano

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Studies in the History of An Idea

By: Moshe Barasch,Luci Serrano

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NYU Press

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0814787266

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Blindness

The History of a Mental Image in Western Thought

By: Moshe Barasch

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The History of a Mental Image in Western Thought

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Modern Theories of Art

From Winckelmann to Baudelaire. 1

By: Moshe Barasch

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Modern Theories of Art

From Winckelmann to Baudelaire. 1

By: Moshe Barasch

An analytical survey of the thought about painting and sculpture as it unfolded from the early 18th- to the mid-19th centuries. This was the period during which the intellectual foundations of our modern views on the arts was formed. Barasch traces for the reader the entire development of modernism in art and art theory. *Lightning Print On Demand Title

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NYU Press

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0814711766

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9780814711767

Imago Hominis

Studies in the Language of Art

By: Moshe Barasch

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Imago Hominis

Studies in the Language of Art

By: Moshe Barasch

In his latest book, renowned art historian Moshe Barasch turns his attention to the image of the human figure in the history of European art from antiquity through the twentieth century. With the assistance of almost 200 illustrations, Barasch shows how images of humanity, far from being mere reflections of nature, are the product of cultural traditions and religious vision. In all cultures, artists and viewers of art have projected onto the human figure their hidden thoughts and emotions, thereby making it a vessel of symbolic images. Imago Hominis demonstrates how cultural and religious attitudes and beliefs are revealed in individual artistic motifs. Barasch constructs his study around three broad subjects: the human face; the human body; and a specific example of man in one of his social roles. Part One examines Greek masks as articulations of character and states of mind, and traces the afterlife of their physiognomic patterns in European art and aesthetic theory. In the second section, on the human figure as a pathos formula, movements and gestures are analyzed for the manner in which they express the language of art. The final section has as its focus images of the ruler as found in various art forms ranging from late- antique mosaics to equestrian monuments of the Renaissance and Baroque periods.

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NYU Press

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0814712312

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9780814712313

Hasidism

A New History

By: David Biale,David Assaf,Benjamin Brown,Uriel Gellman,Samuel Heilman,Moshe Rosman,Gadi Sagiv,Marcin Wodziński

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Hasidism

A New History

By: David Biale,David Assaf,Benjamin Brown,Uriel Gellman,Samuel Heilman,Moshe Rosman,Gadi Sagiv,Marcin Wodziński

A must-read book for understanding this vibrant and influential modern Jewish movement Hasidism originated in southeastern Poland, in mystical circles centered on the figure of Israel Ba’al Shem Tov, but it was only after his death in 1760 that a movement began to spread. Today, Hasidism is witnessing a remarkable renaissance around the world. This book provides the first comprehensive history of the pietistic movement that shaped modern Judaism. Written by an international team of scholars, its unique blend of intellectual, religious, and social history demonstrates that, far from being a throwback to the Middle Ages, Hasidism is a product of modernity that forged its identity as a radical alternative to the secular world.

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Princeton University Press

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0691202443

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9780691202440

Kabbalah and Eros

By: Moshe Idel

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Kabbalah and Eros

By: Moshe Idel

In this book, the world's foremost scholar of Kabbalah explores the understanding of erotic love in Jewish mystical thought. Encompassing Jewish mystical literatures from those of late antiquity to works of Polish Hasidism, Moshe Idel highlights the diversity of Kabbalistic views on eros and distinguishes between the major forms of eroticism. The author traces the main developments of a religious formula that reflects the union between a masculine divine attribute and a feminine divine attribute, and he asks why such an "erotic formula" was incorporated into the Jewish prayer book. Idel shows how Kabbalistic literature was influenced not only by rabbinic literature but also by Greek thought that helped introduce a wider understanding of eros. Addressing topics ranging from cosmic eros and androgyneity to the affinity between C. J. Jung and Kabbalah to feminist thought, Idel's deeply learned study will be of consuming interest to scholars of religion, Judaism, and feminism.

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Yale University Press

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030010832X

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9780300108323

Saturn's Jews

On the Witches' Sabbat and Sabbateanism

By: Moshe Idel

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Saturn's Jews

On the Witches' Sabbat and Sabbateanism

By: Moshe Idel

This book explores the phenomenon of Saturnism, namely the belief that the planet Saturn, the seventh known planet in ancient astrology, was appointed upon the Jews, who celebrated the Sabbath, the seventh day of the Jewish week. Moshe Idel details how the anonymous, late 14th century Sefer Ha-Peliyah was to have disturbing consequences in the Jewish world three centuries later, interweaving luminaries with the cultural, historical, religious, and philosophical concepts of their day, and demonstrating how cultural agents were inadvertently instrumental in the mid-17th-century mass-movement Sabbateanism that led to the conviction that Sabbatai Tzevi was the Messiah. Exploring how the tragic misperception of the Jewish Sabbath by the non-Jewish world led to a linkage of Jews with sorcery in 14th and 15th-century Europe, associating their holy day with the witches' 'Sabbat' gathering, Idel brings this wide-ranging study into the present day with an analysis of 20th-century scholarship and thought influenced by Saturnism, particularly lingering themes related to melancholy in the works of Gershom Scholem and Walter Benjamin.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1441137319

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Old Worlds, New Mirrors

On Jewish Mysticism and Twentieth-Century Thought

By: Moshe Idel

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Old Worlds, New Mirrors

On Jewish Mysticism and Twentieth-Century Thought

By: Moshe Idel

In Old Worlds, New Mirrors Moshe Idel turns his gaze on figures as diverse as Walter Benjamin and Jacques Derrida, Franz Kafka and Franz Rosenzweig, Arnaldo Momigliano and Paul Celan, Abraham Heschel and George Steiner to reflect on their relationships to Judaism in a cosmopolitan, mostly European, context.

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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0812241304

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9780812241303

Poetics of Love in the Middle Ages

Texts and Contexts

By: Moshe Lazar,Norris J. Lacy

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Poetics of Love in the Middle Ages

Texts and Contexts

By: Moshe Lazar,Norris J. Lacy

This volume examines the treatment and expression of love in medieval literature and art. These nineteen essays, contributed by recognized authorities on medieval romantic expression, consider a wide variety of texts from the following cultures: French, Arabic, Latin, Hispanic, Hebrew, Provencal, and German. Teachers and students of medieval literature will find in this well-researched book cogent, contemporary analyses of written expressions of love in the Middle Ages.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1461748127

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9781461748120

Theories of Art

3. From Impressionism to Kandinsky

By: Moshe Barasch

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Theories of Art

3. From Impressionism to Kandinsky

By: Moshe Barasch

In this volume, the third in his classic series on art theory, Moshe Barasch traces the hidden patterns and interlocking themes in the study of art, from impressionism to abstract art. Barasch details the immense social changes in the creation, presentation, and reception of art which have set the history of art theory on a vertiginous new course: the decreased relevance of workshops and art schools; the replacement of the treatise by the critical review; and the emerging interrelationship between scientific inquiry and artistic theory. The consequent changes in the ways in which critics as well as artists conceptualized paintings and sculptures were radical, marked by an obsession with intense sensory experiences, psychological reflection on the effects of art, and an attraction to the exotic and alien--making for the most exciting and fertile period in the history of art criticism.

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Routledge

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1135199655

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An Introduction to the Kabbalah

By: Moshe Hallamish

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An Introduction to the Kabbalah

By: Moshe Hallamish

Provides an introduction to the world of the Kabbalah, focusing on both the Kabbalist as a person and the major teachings of the Kabbalah.

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Marcombo

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0791440125

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9780791440124

משל למה הדבר דומה

A Mashal for Every Occasion

By: Yiśraʼel Yosef ben Mosheh Eliʻezer Bronshṭain

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משל למה הדבר דומה

A Mashal for Every Occasion

By: Yiśraʼel Yosef ben Mosheh Eliʻezer Bronshṭain

The parable has long been a favorite and very effective tool of some of our foremost leaders and teachers. Think of the Maggid of Dubno, the Chofetz Chaim, the Ben Ish Chai, Rabbi Shalom Schwadron - these great men were Mashal Masters, with the blessed knack of creating just the right story to make an essential point. Rabbi Yisroel Bronstein has learned their lessons well. In this valuable book, he has collected hundreds of parables from classic sources and arranged them by topic. Jewish Parables makes a delightful read, a welcome companion at the Shabbos table, and an invaluable source of material for speakers, teachers, parents, and anyone looking for a way to convey an idea or spice a talk.

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Mesorah Publications

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1578193176

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9781578193172

Kabbalah in Italy, 1280-1510

A Survey

By: Moshe Idel

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Kabbalah in Italy, 1280-1510

A Survey

By: Moshe Idel

This survey of the history of Kabbalah in Italy represents a major contribution from one of the world's foremost Kabbalah scholars. Idel charts the ways that Kabbalistic thought and literature developed in Italy and how its unique geographical situation facilitated the arrival of both Spanish and Byzantine Kabbalah.

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Yale University Press

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0300126263

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9780300126266

Reading the Rav

Exploring Religious Themes in the Thought of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik

By: Moshe Sokolow

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Reading the Rav

Exploring Religious Themes in the Thought of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik

By: Moshe Sokolow

Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, ztz"l, was one of the most prominent teachers of Modern Orthodox Jewry. Dr. Moshe Sokolow, Associate Dean of the Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education, collects fourteen articles and essays about how Rabbi Soloveitchik understood ideas central to Jewish life, such as the relationship between man and God, the role and centrality of prayer from historical and philosophical perspectives, belief in redemption, the role of Zionism in Judaism, and many others. Dr. Sokolow masterfully weaves in Talmudic, traditional, and modern sources to provide the reader with a deeper understanding of the Rav's position, and a broader grasp of the full range of Jewish approaches to these fundamental questions.

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1947857053

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