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Louis I. Kahn's Jewish architecture : Mikveh Israel and the midcentury American synagogue / Susan G. Solomon.
Fine Arts Library NA5235.P47 S65 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Solomon, Susan G.
- Series:
- Brandeis series in American Jewish history, culture, and life
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kahn, Louis I., 1901-1974.
- Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.).
- Unbuilt architectural projects--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Unbuilt architectural projects.
- Kahn, Louis I., 1901-1974--Criticism and interpretation.
- Kahn, Louis I.
- Synagogue architecture--United States.
- Synagogue architecture.
- Architecture--United States--History--20th century.
- Architecture.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- United States.
- History.
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 215 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Waltham, Mass. : Brandeis University Press ; Hanover [N.H.] : Published by University Press of New England, [2009]
- Summary:
- In 1961, famed architect Louis I. Kahn (1901-1974) received a commission to design a new synagogue. His client was one of the oldest Sephardic Orthodox congregations in the United States: Philadelphia's Mikveh Israel. Due to the loss of financial backing, Kahn's plans were never realized. Nevertheless, the haunting and imaginative schemes for Mikveh Israel remain among Kahn's most revered designs. Susan G. Solomon uses Kahn's designs for Mikveh Israel as a lens through which to examine the transformation of the American synagogue from 1955 to 1970. She shows how Kahn wrestled with issues that challenged postwar Jewish institutions and evaluates his creative attempts to bridge modernism and Judaism. She argues that Kahn provided a fresh paradigm for synagogues, one that offered innovations in planning, decoration, and the incorporation of light and nature into building design.
- Contents:
- 1 History the Postwar Synagogue 9
- 2 Decoration Does It Look Jewish? 31
- 3 Context Client, Architect, Philadelphia (and Rochester) 57
- 4 Plans Kahn's Vision 99
- 5 Epilogue Preservation and Legacy 139.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Zebooker fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9781584657880
- 158465788X
- OCLC:
- 317288621
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