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Moses Jacob Ezekiel : Jewish, Confederate, Expatriate Sculptor / Samantha Baskind.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Baskind, Samantha, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ezekiel, Moses Jacob, 1844-1917.
- Ezekiel, Moses Jacob.
- Ezekiel, Moses Jacob, 1844-1917--Criticism and interpretation.
- Sculptors--United States--Biography.
- Sculptors.
- Expatriate sculptors--Italy--Rome--Biography.
- Expatriate sculptors.
- Sculpture, American--19th century.
- Sculpture, American.
- Sculpture, American--20th century.
- United States.
- Rome (Empire).
- Italy.
- Genre:
- Biography.
- Biographies.
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (295 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, PA : Pennsylvania State University Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- How is it that the prolific nineteenth-century sculptor Moses Jacob Ezekiel is largely forgotten today?Ezekiel was the first renowned Jewish American artist and one of the most popular artist-celebrities of his day.In terms of drama, his life story rivals Alexander Hamilton's.
- Contents:
- Introduction : Moses Jacob Ezekiel, the Alexander Hamilton of nineteenth-century American art
- Ezekiel and religious liberty
- Ezekiel, Judaism, and the Bible
- Ezekiel, Zionism, and the Bible
- Ezekiel, the arts, and the antique
- Ezekiel and the presidents
- Ezekiel and the Confederacy
- Conclusion : Moses Jacob Ezekiel's misfortunes in art and history
- Epilogue : Ezekiel and me, the final controversy.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-271-10063-X
- 0-271-10064-8
- OCLC:
- 1531949866
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