Ars Judaica: The Bar-Ilan Journal of Jewish Art, Volume 13: The Michael J. Floersheim Memorial for Jewish Art (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781906764654)

Ars Judaica 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.


Author: Ilia Rodov
ISBN-10: 1906764654
ISBN-13: 9781906764654
Publisher: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization in Ass
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2017
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.10lbs
Size: 10.90h 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.

Sara Offenberg is Lecturer in the Jewish Art Department at Bar-Ilan University. She published articles and a book on Jewish-Christian relations in art and literature, the image of the Jew in Christian art and literature, Hasidei Ashkenaz, Piyyut Commentary, and Hebrew illuminated prayer books.