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Gardens and Ghettos: The Art of Jewish Life in Italy

Gardens and Ghettos: The Art of Jewish Life in Italy

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Gardens and Ghettos: The Art of Jewish Life in Italy

by Mann, Vivian B

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Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989. Softcover. VG- light wear and scuffing to wraps, a bit of foxing on ffep.. Glossy purple and color-illustrated wraps with red, yellow, and white lettering. xx, 354 pp. BW and color illustrations. Catalog of an exhibition organized by the Jewish Museum, New York, held in New York, Sept. 13, 1989 to Jan., 1990. "Jews arrived in the Republic of Rome some time in the second or first century B.C.E. They soon formed their own community which absorbed Roman cultural forms but was able to maintain its identity and integrity. For more than twenty centuries, the Italian peninsula has been home to the heirs of this ancient minority community, whose culture is a blend of traditional Jewish content with Roman, then Italian cultural forms. Gardens and Ghettos: The Art of Jewish Life in Italy is the title of an exhibition curated by Vivian B. Mann and Emily Braun for The Jewish Museum, New York (September 1989-January 1990), an exhibition that explores the extraordinarily rich artistic legacy of Italian Jewry. This book, like the exhibition itself, focuses on four time periods: the Empire, the Era of the City States (1300-1550), the Era of the Ghettos (1550-1750), and the period since the Risorgimento. Artifacts and architecture are generously represented along with fine arts. Essays by prominent scholars introduce us to the historical and cultural context of a splendid array of works, from ancient Roman architectural fragments and gold glass to illuminated manuscripts and printed books from the Renaissance, baroque ceremonial textiles and silver, and paintings, graphics, and sculpture of the modern era. The many illustrations illuminate the art and life of a minority community in dynamic tension with dominant society and show the vibrant, ongoing contribution by Jews to the arts of Italy.

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Title
Gardens and Ghettos: The Art of Jewish Life in Italy
Author
Mann, Vivian B
Format/Binding
Softcover
Book Condition
Used - VG- light wear and scuffing to wraps, a bit of foxing on ffep.
Quantity Available
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Paperback
ISBN 10
0520068254
ISBN 13
9780520068254
Publisher
University of California Press
Place of Publication
Berkeley
Date Published
1989
Keywords
European Art ; Jewish Italian Art ; ;

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