Following current developments in contemporary art history,
historians of Jewish art increasingly redefine themselves as
studying Jewish visual culture and also distance themselves from
any single definition of 'Jewish'. Focusing instead on the range
and flexibility of both individual and collective Jewish
self-identification, the trend today is to consider artistic
creativity, messages, and reception in multiple intracultural
settings. Reflecting this trend, the volume presents a round-table
discussion and selected papers from Constructing and Deconstructing
Jewish Art, an international symposium held at Bar-Ilan University
in 2015. Accordingly, Steven Fine questions the role of ideologies
and the limits of semantic analysis in contemporary readings of
ancient Jewish art. Sergey Kravtsov traces the transmission of
legends about the Jewish past through cultures and artistic
practices. Larry Silver proposes that in modern societies, all
artists of Jewish origin are marked by their Jewishness and develop
a minority self-consciousness. Ben Schachter notes how criticism of
religious art has neglected the material and artistic process and
focused only on spirituality and theology. Kathrin Pieren discusses
the role of public displays in negotiating the relationship between
art and identities. The volume also includes two articles on the
effects of displacement on the art of twentieth-century Jewish
artists of Russian origin; description of a forgotten masterpiece
by Hermann Struck; and book reviews. Ars Judaica is an annual
publication of the Department of Jewish Art at Bar-Ilan University.
It showcases the Jewish contribution to the visual arts and
architecture from antiquity to the present from a variety of
perspectives, including history, iconography, semiotics,
psychology, sociology, and folklore. As such it is a valuable
resource for art historians, collectors, curators, and all those
interested in the visual arts. Contributors: Ziva Amishai-Maisels,
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Maya Balakirsky Katz, Touro
College, New York, Samantha Baskind, Cleveland State University,
Asher Biemann, University of Virginia, Monika Czekanowska-Gutman,
University of Warsaw, Marina Dmitrieva, Leibniz-Institut fur
Geschichte und Kultur des OEstlichen Europa, Leipzig, Steven Fine,
Yeshiva University, New York, Eva Frojmovich, University of Leeds,
Batsheva Goldman-Ida, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, William L. Gross,
collector, Tel Aviv, Felicitas Heiman-Jelinek, independent scholar
and curator, Vienna, Ahuva Klein, independent researcher, Tel Aviv,
Rudolf Klein, Szent Istvan University, Budapest, Lola Kantor
Kazovsky, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Katrin Kogman-Appel,
Westfalische Wilhelms-Universitat, Munster, Sergey R. Kravtsov,
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Shulamit Laderman, Schechter
Institute for Jewish Studies, Jerusalem, Irit Miller, University of
Haifa, Kathrin Pieren, University of Southampton, Mirjam Rajner,
Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Ilia Rodov, Bar-Ilan University,
Ramat-Gan, Ben Schachter, Saint Vincent College, Pennsylvania,
Larry Silver, University of Pennsylvania, Daniel Sperber, Bar-Ilan
University, Ramat-Gan, Annette Weber, Hochschule fur Judische
Studien, Heidelberg, Gil Weissblei, National Library of Israel,
Jerusalem, Bracha Yaniv, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan Volumes of
Ars Judaica are distributed by the Littman Library of Jewish
Civilization throughout the world, except Israel. Orders and
enquiries from Israeli customers should be directed to: Ars Judaica
Department of Jewish Art Bar-Ilan University Ramat-Gan 52900
telephone 03 5318413 fax 03 6359241 email
[email protected]
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