Emerging in Spain after 1250, Jewish narrative figurative
painting became a central feature in a group of illuminated
Passover Haggadot in the early decades of the fourteenth century.
Illuminated Haggadot from Medieval Spain describes how the
Sephardic Haggadot reflect different visualizations of scripture
under various conditions and aimed at a variety of audiences.
Though the specifics of the creation of these works remain a
mystery, this book delves into the cultural struggles that existed
during this period in history and shows how those conflicts
influenced the work.
The culture surrounding the creators of the Sephardic Haggadot
was saturated in conflict revolving around acculturation, polemics
with Christianity, and struggles within Sephardic Jewry itself.
Kogman-Appel presents the Sephardic Haggadot as visual
manifestations of a minority struggling for cultural identity both
in relation to the dominant culture and within its own realm.
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