Reclaiming biblical heroines: portrayals of Judith, Esther and the Shulamite in early twentieth century Jewish art
"Although recently more studies have been devoted to the representations of biblical heroines in modern European art, less is known about the contribution to the portrayals of biblical women by modern Jewish artists. This monograph explores why and how heroines of the Scripture: Judith, Esther...
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| 格式: | 電子 圖書 |
| 語言: | English |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
2023
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Brill's series in Jewish studies (volume 75)
Year: 2023 |
| 叢編: | Brill's series in Jewish studies
volume 75 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
猶太藝術
/ Ester, 聖經人物
/ Judit, 聖經人物
/ Schulammit, 聖經人物
/ 歷史 1900-1999
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| Further subjects: | B
Judith (Biblical figure)
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B Bible. Old Testament Illustrations B Art History B Bible. Old Testament Illustrations B Shulamite (Biblical figure) 種 B Women in the Bible B Women in art B Esther Queen of Persia 種 B Esther, Queen of Persia 種 |
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| 總結: | "Although recently more studies have been devoted to the representations of biblical heroines in modern European art, less is known about the contribution to the portrayals of biblical women by modern Jewish artists. This monograph explores why and how heroines of the Scripture: Judith, Esther and the Shulamite received a particular meaning for acculturated Jewish artists originating from the Polish lands in the last decades of the nineteenth century and the first two decades of the twentieth century. It convincingly proves that artworks by Maurycy Gottlieb, Wilhem Wachtel, Ephraim Moses Lilien, Maurycy Minkowski, Samuel Hirszenberg and Boris Schatz significantly differed from renderings of contemporary non-Jewish artists, adopting a "Jewish perspective", creating complex and psychological portrayals of the heroines inspired by Jewish literature and as well as by historical and cultural phenomena of Jewish revival and the cultural Zionism movement"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references Erscheinungsdatum laut Frontpage 07 Nov 2022 |
| ISBN: | 9004472665 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/9789004472662 |