The Nation without Art: Examining Modern Discourses on Jewish Art

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• The Nation Without Art i
• Title Page v
• Contents ix
• Illustration xi
• Preface - Reflections from Vienna xv
• Part One - Defining Jewish Art 1
• Chapter One - From Bezalel to Max Liebermann 3
• Chapter Two - Bezalel in Palestine 33
• Part Two - Reclaiming Jewish Art 71
• Chapter Three - Die [Kunst] Wisserochoft Des Judentums 73
• Chapter Four - Jewish Art as Visual Redemption 99
• Chapter Five - The Discovery at Dura-Europos and Its Aftermath 127
• Part Three - Abstaining from Jewish Art 155
• Chapter Six - Formal Criticism and Jewish Identity 157
• Chapter Seven - The Second Commandment and Contemporary Jewish Identity 179
• Notes 205

• The Nation Without Art i
• Title Page v
• Contents ix
• Illustration xi
• Preface - Reflections from Vienna xv
• Part One - Defining Jewish Art 1
• Chapter One - From Bezalel to Max Liebermann 3
• Chapter Two - Bezalel in Palestine 33
• Part Two - Reclaiming Jewish Art 71
• Chapter Three - Die [Kunst] Wisserochoft Des Judentums 73
• Chapter Four - Jewish Art as Visual Redemption 99
• Chapter Five - The Discovery at Dura-Europos and Its Aftermath 127
• Part Three - Abstaining from Jewish Art 155
• Chapter Six - Formal Criticism and Jewish Identity 157
• Chapter Seven - The Second Commandment and Contemporary Jewish Identity 179
• Notes 205
• Index 263