Judaica at the Smithsonian : cultural politics as cultural model / Grace Cohen Grossman with Richard Eighme Ahlborn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grossman, Grace Cohen.

Contributor:

Ahlborn, Richard E., 1933-2015.

Smithsonian Institution

Gershwind/Bennett Endowed Fund for Judaica Collections.

Series:

Smithsonian studies in history and technology ; no. 52.

Smithsonian studies in history and technology ; no. 52

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Smithsonian Institution--Catalogs.

Smithsonian Institution.

Judaism--Liturgical objects--Catalogs.

Judaism.

Judaism--Liturgical objects.

Jewish museums.

History.

Judaism--Liturgical objects--Pictorial works.

Jewish museums--History.

Jewish art and symbolism.

Judaism--history.

Medical Subjects:

Judaism--history.

Genre:

Catalogs.

Government publications.

Illustrated works.

History.

Pictorial works.

Museum catalogs.

Physical Description:

x, 252 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press, [1997]

Contents:

The science of Jewish art and culture

The United States National Museum

Cyrus Adler: Activist scholar

Accreditation of semitic study

Oriental antiquities and Jewish ceremonial objects

The world's Columbian exposition

The sectionof religious ceremonials

The Ephraim Deinard collection: A new factor

New generations.

Notes:

Includes an illustrated catalog of selected objects from the Smithsonian Judaica collection and a comprehensive database.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-237).

National Jewish Book Awards - Visual Arts, Winner, 1997

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Gershwind/Bennett Endowed Fund for Judaica Collections.

Presented to the Penn Libraries from the collection of Grace Cohen Grossman.

Other Format:

Online version: Grossman, Grace Cohen. Judaica at the Smithsonian.

OCLC:

35758206