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Behold the man : Jesus in Israeli art / Amitai Mendelsohn ; translation, Simon Montagu.
LIBRA - Limited N8050 .M46154 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mendelsohn, Amitai, author.
- Series:
- Ḳaṭalog (Muzeʼon Yiśraʼel (Jerusalem)) ; mis. 648.
- Catalogue ; no. 648
- Standardized Title:
- Zeh ha-ish : Yeshu ba-omanut ha-Yiśreʼelit. English.
- זה האיש : ישו באמנות הישראלית. אנגלית
- Language:
- English
- Hebrew
- Subjects (All):
- Jesus Christ--Art--Exhibitions.
- Jesus Christ.
- Art, Israeli--Exhibitions.
- Art, Israeli.
- Jesus--Art--Exhibitions.
- Art--Israel--Exhibitions.
- Jewish art--Exhibitions.
- Jesus--Jewish interpretations.
- Genre:
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 311 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Jerusalem : Magnes : The Israel Museum, 2017.
- Summary:
- Dr. Amitai Mendelsohn investigates the various appearances of the figure of Jesus in Israeli art as a significant, multifaceted and ever-present phenomenon. Through works by prominent artists from different generations, it discusses in depth the evolving attitudes of Jewish, Zionist pre-state, and Israeli art towards Jesus, from the second half of the nineteenth century until today: from artists laboring "In the shadow of the Cross" to artists who saw Jesus as a symbol of the rebirth of the Jewish people in the land of Israel, and artists whose engagement with Jesus is detached from the complex and fraught relations between Christianity and Judaism, and who see him as symbolizing the suffering artist. The book examines the different directions taken by Israeli artists in portraying the figure of Jesus, and proves the extent of this phenomena and its ever present importance. -- From publisher's website.
- Notes:
- Published in conjunction with an exhibition held December 2016-April 2017 at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Smidt Family Modern and Contemporary Art Collection Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9789652784650
- 9652784656
- OCLC:
- 986318475
- Publisher Number:
- 7290105422040 danacode
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