Ars Judaica: The Bar-Ilan Journal of Jewish Art, Volume 14 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781786940865)

This volume focuses on the migration and acculturation of images in Jewish culture and how that reflects intercultural exchange. Gender aspects of Jewish art are also highlighted, as is the role of images in interreligious encounters. Other topics covered include the history, codicology, and iconography of a Haggadah produced in the late fifteenth century.

Author: Ilia Rodov
ISBN-10: 1786940868
ISBN-13: 9781786940865
Publisher: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
Language: English
Published: 11/13/2018
Pages: 168
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.85lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.60w x 0.60d

About the Author
Ilia Rodov is Head of 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.

Mirjam Rajner is Lecturer in the Jewish Art Department at Bar-Ilan University. Her numerous publications deal with the early art of Marc Chagall, the art of Russian, Polish, and South-Eastern artists of Jewish origin in the nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, and the art created during and immediately after the Holocaust.