Jewish Icons - Art and Society in Modern Europe

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About the author

Richard I. Cohen is Professor of Jewish History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His previous books include Burden of Conscience: French-Jewish Leadership during the Holocaust (1987).

Summary

With the help of over one hundred illustrations spanning three centuries, this title investigates the role of visual images in European Jewish history. It shows how the coming of the modern period expanded the relationship of Jews to the visual realm far beyond the religious context.

Product details

• Authors: Richard I Cohen, Richard I. Cohen, Cohen Richard I.
• Assisted by: Richard I. Cohen (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.05.1998
• EAN: 9780520205451
• ISBN: 978-0-520-20545-1
• No. of pages: 382
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Europe, European History, RELIGION / Judaism / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, ART / European, History of Art, Judaism, Art treatments & subjects, Relating to indigenous peoples, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Indigenous styles