The Visual Dimension: Aspects of Jewish Art

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• The Visual Dimension - Aspects of Jewish Art *
• The Visual Dimension *
• The Visual Dimension - Aspects of Jewish Art *
• Contents *
• Preface vii
• Acknowledgments ix
• Yeshayahu Shachar: An Appreciation xi
• 1: Is There a Jewish Art? i
• A Contribution to the Discussion "Is There a Jewish Art?" 21
• 2: The Continuation of Ancient Jewish Art in the Middle Ages 25
• 3: The Iconography of the Hebrew Psalter from the Thirteenth to the Fifteenth Century 47
• 4: The Architecture of the Synagogue in Neoclassicism and Historicism 83
• 5: Foolishness, Fakes, and Forgeries in Jewish Art - An Introduction to the Discussion on Judaica Conservation and Collecting Today 105
• 6: The Case for a Central Archives of Jewish Art - An Introduction to the Discussion on the Possibility of Establishing a Central Photographic Archives of Jewish Ceremonial Art 121
• Appendix I Commission FranÇaise Des Archives Juives 129
• Appendix II Commission FranÇaise Des Archives Juives— - Inventaire D'Art Et D'Archéologie 130

• The Visual Dimension - Aspects of Jewish Art *
• The Visual Dimension *
• The Visual Dimension - Aspects of Jewish Art *
• Contents *
• Preface vii
• Acknowledgments ix
• Yeshayahu Shachar: An Appreciation xi
• 1: Is There a Jewish Art? i
• A Contribution to the Discussion "Is There a Jewish Art?" 21
• 2: The Continuation of Ancient Jewish Art in the Middle Ages 25
• 3: The Iconography of the Hebrew Psalter from the Thirteenth to the Fifteenth Century 47
• 4: The Architecture of the Synagogue in Neoclassicism and Historicism 83
• 5: Foolishness, Fakes, and Forgeries in Jewish Art - An Introduction to the Discussion on Judaica Conservation and Collecting Today 105
• 6: The Case for a Central Archives of Jewish Art - An Introduction to the Discussion on the Possibility of Establishing a Central Photographic Archives of Jewish Ceremonial Art 121
• Appendix I Commission FranÇaise Des Archives Juives 129
• Appendix II Commission FranÇaise Des Archives Juives— - Inventaire D'Art Et D'Archéologie 130
• Appendix III Commission FranÇaise Des Archives Juives— - Inventaire D'Art Et D'Archéologie 131
• Appendix IV Commission FranÇaise Des Archives Juives— - Inventaire D'Art Et D'Archéologie 135
• Introduction to the Catalog of the Bodleian Library Exhibition 137
• Catalog of Illuminated Hebrew Manuscripts Exhibited in the Bodleian Library, August—september 1977 - In Conjunction with the Conference "The Visual Dimension: Aspects of Jewish Art" Organized by the Oxford Centre for Postgraduate Hebrew Studies (with Support from the Tarbuth Foundation) 141
• Isaiah Shachar: Curriculum Vitae 169
• About the Editor and Contributors 171
• Index of Manuscripts 173
• General Index 175