The artless Jew : medieval and modern affirmations and denials of the visual /

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Conventional wisdom holds that Judaism is indifferent or even suspiciously hostile to the visual arts due to the Second Commandment's prohibition on creating "graven images," the dictates of monotheism, and historical happenstance. This intellectual history of medieval and modern Jewi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bland, Kalman P., 1942-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2000.
Temas:
Ten commandments > Images.
Ten commandments.
Judaism and art > History of doctrines.
Jewish art.
Jewish aesthetics.
Jews > Intellectual life.
Judaïsme et art > Histoire des doctrines.
Art juif.
Esthétique juive.
Juifs > Vie intellectuelle.
RELIGION > Judaism > Rituals & Practice.
RELIGION > Judaism > History.
Beeldende kunsten.
Visualisatie.
Esthetica.
Jodendom.
Pictures.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Conventional wisdom holds that Judaism is indifferent or even suspiciously hostile to the visual arts due to the Second Commandment's prohibition on creating "graven images," the dictates of monotheism, and historical happenstance. This intellectual history of medieval and modern Jewish attitudes toward art and representation overturns the modern assumption of Jewish iconophobia that denies to Jewish culture a visual dimension. Kalman Bland synthesizes evidence from medieval Jewish philosophy, mysticism, poetry, biblical commentaries, travelogues, and law, concluding that premodern Jewish intel.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (233 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-228) and index.
ISBN:1400811074
9781400811076
9781400823574
1400823579
1282767003
9781282767003
069108985X
9780691089850

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