Synagogues in Germany : a virtual reconstruction / edited by Darmstadt University of Technology, Department CAD in Architecture, Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany, Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations ; [catalogue texts and bibliography, Marc Grellert ... [and others] ; translation of catalogue texts, Helga Grellert, Helga Schier].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Grellert, Marc.

Technische Hochschule Darmstadt. Fachgebiet "CAD in der Architektur".

Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland

Gershwind/Bennett Endowed Fund for Judaica Collections.

Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

Standardized Title:

Synagogen in Deutschland. English.

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Synagogue architecture--Germany--Exhibitions.

Synagogue architecture.

Synagogues--Germany--History--Exhibitions.

Synagogues.

History.

Germany.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

159 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 33 cm + 1 DVD (approximately 23 min. : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.)

Other Title:

Parallel title on DVD: Synagogen in Deutschland : eine virtuelle Rekonstruktion

Place of Publication:

Basel ; Boston : Birkhäuser, [2004]

Language Note:

Text is apparently translated from the German exhibtion catalog; accompanying DVD contains German and English language versions.

System Details:

System requirements for accompanying DVD: PAL DVD player.

Summary:

These elaborate CAD-reconstructions, developed by Darmstadt Technical University, provide a representative survey of the architecture of synagogues in Germany before their destruction. What is more, they convey visual impressions of the diversity, the splendour and the significance of the synagogue in the history of German urban architecture from the early nineteenth century until 1938. In doing so, they also demonstrate the potential of such media to contribute to a new culture of remembrance. Reactions to the first exhibition in 2000 in Bonn, Germany, were resounding, with international praise for the quality of the simulations and their value as an instrument in the service of historical truth. This publication presents the results for the first time in print, to coincide with the launching of an exhibition in Tel Aviv which will travel to New York, Los Angeles and further international venues.

Notes:

"The exhibition was shown for the first time in the year 2000 in the Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany, Bonn, Germany"--P. 159.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 152-156).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

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.

ISBN:

3764370300

OCLC:

82728519