The Torah Ark in Renaissance Poland. A Jewish Revival of Classical Antiquity.

Rodov, Ilia M.

ISBN 10: 9004242848 / ISBN 13: 9789004242845

Published by Brill Academic Publishers, Leiden & Boston, 2013., 2013

About this Item

Octavo (245 x 165 mm), publisher s hardcover, XXX, 240 pp., with 98 illustrations, partly printed in colour on non-paginated plates and 31 ff. with further illustrations in color and b/w, numbered as plates and sections thereof. Complete., a well preserved copy. [JCP - Jewish and Christian Perspectives Series; 23]. - ISBN: 9789004242845. - [00B | SOD | oR ] 780 g.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Torah Ark in Renaissance Poland. A Jewish Revival of Classical Antiquity.
• Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers, Leiden & Boston, 2013.
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004242848
• ISBN 13: 9789004242845
• Binding: Hardcover
• Weight: 780 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • JUDAICA, JUDENTUM - judaica, judaism

About this title

Synopsis

The volume explores the stone carved shrines for the scrolls of the Mosaic Law from the mid-sixteenth to the mid-seventeenth century synagogues in the former Polish Kingdom. Created on the margin of mainstream art and at a crossroad of diverse cultures, artistic traditions, aesthetic attitudes and languages, these indoor architectural structures have hitherto not been the subject of a monographic study. Revisiting and integrating multiple sources, the author re-evaluates the relationship of the Jewish culture in Renaissance Poland with the medieval Jewish heritage, sepulchral art of the Polish court and nobles, and earlier adaptations of the Christian revival of classical antiquity by Italian Jews. The book uncovers the evolution of artistic patronage, aesthetics, expressions of identities, and emerging visions among a religious minority on the cusp of the modern age.

About the Author

Ilia M. Rodov is Lecturer in 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.