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
Autor principal: Bland, Kalman P., 1942-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2000.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Ten commandments.
Ten commandments > Images.
Jodendom.
Esthetica.
Visualisatie.
Beeldende kunsten.
Judaism and art > History of doctrines.
Jews > Intellectual life.
Jewish art.
Jewish aesthetics.
RELIGION > Judaism > History.
RELIGION > Judaism > Rituals & Practice.
Juifs > Vie intellectuelle.
Esthetique juive.
Art juif.
Judaïsme et art > Histoire des doctrines.
Pictures.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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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 (248 pages).
ISBN:9781400823574

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