{"product_id":"9781906764340-ars-judaica-the-bar","title":"Ars Judaica: The Bar-Ilan Journal of Jewish Art, Volume 8","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eBringing to light little-known artistic traditions, the latest volume of \u003ci\u003eArs Judaica\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on the local and temporal contexts of objects and their images and explores collective and personal memories and identities in art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRivka Ben-Sasson\u003c\/b\u003e examines modes of symbolic perception of nature prevalent in religious thought and art by analysing images of the lulav and etrog. \u003cb\u003eIwona Brzewska\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eWaldemar Deluga\u003c\/b\u003e discuss the significance of Hebrew script in paintings and prints of the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries originating from the borderland between the Catholic and Christian Orthodox domains of eastern Europe. \u003cb\u003eMichelle Klein\u003c\/b\u003e studies the typological development of the havdalah candle-holder, based on an analysis of 170 examples. \u003cb\u003eMatthew Baigell\u003c\/b\u003e suggests that American Jewish artists are characterized by concern for the betterment of humankind; his sources include Jewish postcards, photographs, and caricatures as well as the work of contemporary American Jewish artists. \u003cb\u003eAstrid Schmetterling\u003c\/b\u003e discusses how Else Lasker-Schüler’s Orientalism offered a serious aesthetic-political challenge to both German and Jewish society. \u003cb\u003eMor Presiado\u003c\/b\u003e argues that the contemporary use of sewing and embroidery by contemporary Jewish women artists to depict women’s experience of the Holocaust initiates a new, feminist response to the Holocaust.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Special Item in this volume, an article by Shalom Sabar on the earliest illustrated Esther Scroll by Shalom Italia, is an illuminating insight into early modern Jewish art in the making.  Also included are exhibition and book reviews.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eArs Judaica\u003c\/i\u003e is an annual publication of the Department of Jewish Art at Bar-Ilan University. It showcases the Jewish contribution to the visual arts and architecture from antiquity to the present from a variety of perspectives, including history, iconography, semiotics, psychology, sociology, and folklore. As such it is a valuable resource for art historians, collectors, curators, and all those interested in the visual arts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVolumes of \u003ci\u003eArs Judaica\u003c\/i\u003e are distributed by the Littman Library of Jewish Civilization throughout the world, except Israel. Orders and enquiries from Israeli customers should be directed to: \u003ci\u003eArs Judaica\u003c\/i\u003e, Department of Jewish Art, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan 52900, Telephone 03 5318413; Fax 036359241; Email ajudaica@mail.biu.ac.il\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40817208557665,"sku":"9781906764340","price":65.72,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27784483.jpg?v=1722068846","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781906764340-ars-judaica-the-bar","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}