JEWISH ART IN EUROPEAN SYNAGOGUES (FROM THE MIDDLE AGES TO THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY) WITH 281 ILLUSTRATIONS

Loukomski, George,

Verlag: Hutchinson & Co. Ltd, London, 1947

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182 pages. 252 x 192 mm. Inscribed and dated by the author to Louis Réau, 1881-1961, the well-known French art historian. "A mon tres cher et ancient amie Louis Reau Don't l'activite artistique remarkable Q'ai et un de plus pr[] temoin [] S. Petersburgh (en1910) - pr[ ] mon Admiration et gratitude paf[] En souvenire de nos rencontres a Varsovis en 1933, au pays de synagogues J. Loukomski Londres. 20. X. 47 [Translation:] To my dear old friend Louis Reau Whose remarkable artistic activities That I am one of the most [] witnesses of St. Petersburg (in 1910) ? [] Admiration and gratitude [] As memento of our meeting again in Warsaw in 1933, in the land of synagogues J. Loukomski London 20. X. [19]47 This book was later owned by the great Israeli historian Yeshayahu Shahar (Isaiah Shachar, born Isaiah Stnegel, also known as Yishai), who was born August 6, 1935 in Haifa, Eretz Israel, and died September 19, 1977 (at age 42). At the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Shachar studied European history and Jewish history in eastern Europe. His master thesis in 1963 was entitled Criticism of the Jewish community and its Leadership in the Hasidic and Non-Hasidic Literature of Eighteenth century Poland - A Comparative Study (in Hebrew). 1964-66 Shachar was junior research fellow at the Warburg Institute (University of London) where he worked on a doctoral dissertation under the supervision of professor E. H. Gombrich (finished 1967). It was published in his main work: The Judensau: A Medieval Anti-Jewish Motif and Its History, Warburg Institute Surveys, 5 (London, 1974). He also edited the catalogue of the Feuchtwanger Collection of Judaica at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem (Jerusalem, 1981), and published miscellaneous monographs, including one establishing the authenticity of the personal seal of Nachmanides (found in a field in Israel). His varied interests included the early history of Hasidism; Jewish iconography and portraiture, and Jewish/Hebrew bibliography. His important personal library was auctioned at Sotheby's (1980). He held teaching posts at Hebrew University and University College, London, and at the Oxford Centre for Postgraduate Hebrew Studies. Shachar wrote some articles on Jewish art. A memorial volume commemorating the life and works of Shachar was edited by Clare Moore in 1993: The Visual Dimension: Aspects of Jewish Art (Westview Press, 1993). Printed on high quality paper. Profusely illustrated with annotated b/w photographic reproductions of art in synagogues in Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Russia, Hungary, Romania, Greece, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, England, Holland, France, Italy, Spain, and other European countries. Main contents: An Historical introduction by Cecil Roth: The art of European synagogues. General views and studies of synagogues. Some ritual sources and features of synagogal buildings. Some considerations and comments on the evolution of plans of the synagogue. The synagogues of Eastern Europe. The synagogues of Central Europe. The synagogues of Western Europe. The synagogues of South-Western and Southern Europe. Jewish decorative art as displayed in the synagogues. Tombstones (Decorative Sculptures). Conclusions. Appendices: Some historical surveys and records. Bibliography. List of synagogues. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 009496

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Titel: JEWISH ART IN EUROPEAN SYNAGOGUES (FROM THE ...

Verlag: Hutchinson & Co. Ltd, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1947

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket

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