The Torah ark in Renaissance Poland : : a Jewish revival of classical antiquity / / by Ilia M. Rodov.
The volume explores the stone carved shrines for the scrolls of the Mosaic Law from the mid-sixteenth to the mid-seventeenth century synagogues in the former Polish Kingdom. Created on the margin of mainstream art and at a crossroad of diverse cultures, artistic traditions, aesthetic attitudes and l...
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| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Jewish and Christian perspectives series,
v. 23 Jewish and Christian Perspectives Series 23. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (400 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material / Ilia M. Rodov
- 1. Medieval Synagogues in Cracow and Kazimierz / Ilia M. Rodov
- 2. The Renaissance Reaches Jewish Kazimierz / Ilia M. Rodov
- 3. The Isserls’ Torah Ark: Decontructing the Bricolage / Ilia M. Rodov
- 4. The Isserls’ Torah Ark: Recontructing the Unity / Ilia M. Rodov
- 5. Developments of the Isserls’ Model in Kazimierz / Ilia M. Rodov
- 6. From Kazimierz to Pińczów and Szydłów / Ilia M. Rodov
- 7. Revivals of Ancient Art in the Design of Late-Sixteenth- to Mid- Seventeenth-Century Ark / Ilia M. Rodov
- Afterword / Ilia M. Rodov
- Illustration Credits and Sources / Ilia M. Rodov
- Bibliography / Ilia M. Rodov
- Index of Names / Ilia M. Rodov
- Index of Places / Ilia M. Rodov
- Figures and Plates / Ilia M. Rodov.