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Diane Wolfthal

Picturing Yiddish - Gender, Identity, and Memory in the Illustrated Yiddish Books of Renaissance Italy

English · Hardback

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Description

This is the first comprehensive study of the images in five profusely illustrated Yiddish books from sixteenth-century Italy: a manuscript of Jewish customs, and four printed volumes - two books of customs, a chivalric romance, and a book of fables.

About the author

Diane Wolfthal, Ph.D. (1983) in Art History, New York University, is Associate Professor at Arizona State University. She has authored books on images of rape and Netherlandish canvases, and published numerous articles on late medieval and early modern art.

Product details

Authors	Diane Wolfthal
Publisher	Brill

Languages	English
Product format	Hardback
Released	27.05.2004

EAN	9789004139053
ISBN	978-90-04-13905-3
No. of pages	406
Dimensions	166 mm x 244 mm x 30 mm
Weight	957 g
Series	Brill's Jewish Studies
Subject	Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism

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