{"product_id":"cultural-exchange-joseph-shatzmiller-9780691176185","title":"Cultural Exchange: Jews, Christians, and Art in the Medieval Marketplace","description":"\u003cp\u003eDemonstrating that similarities between Jewish and Christian art in the Middle Ages were more than coincidental, \u003ci\u003eCultural Exchange\u003c\/i\u003e meticulously combines a wide range of sources to show how Jews and Christians exchanged artistic and material culture. Joseph Shatzmiller focuses on communities in northern Europe, Iberia, and other Mediterranean societies where Jews and Christians coexisted for centuries, and he synthesizes the most current research to describe the daily encounters that enabled both societies to appreciate common artistic values. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Detailing the transmission of cultural sensibilities in the medieval money market and the world of Jewish money lenders, this book examines objects pawned by peasants and humble citizens, sacred relics exchanged by the clergy as security for loans, and aesthetic goods given up by the Christian well-to-do who required financial assistance. The work also explores frescoes and decorations likely painted by non-Jews in medieval and early modern Jewish homes located in Germanic lands, and the ways in which Jews hired Christian artists and craftsmen to decorate Hebrew prayer books and create liturgical objects. Conversely, Christians frequently hired Jewish craftsmen to produce liturgical objects used in Christian churches. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With rich archival documentation, \u003ci\u003eCultural Exchange\u003c\/i\u003e sheds light on the social and economic history of the creation of Jewish and Christian art, and expands the general understanding of cultural exchange in brand-new ways.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph Shatzmiller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691176183\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691176185\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/09\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.47d","brand":"Joseph Shatzmiller","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44120046108927,"sku":"9780691176185","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5bbfa984-c556-44e4-b746-dca73e38d225.jpg?v=1687412274","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cultural-exchange-joseph-shatzmiller-9780691176185","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}