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You Should See Yourself

Author : Vincent Brook
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780813538457
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book You Should See Yourself written by Vincent Brook and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The past few decades have seen a remarkable surge in Jewish influences on American culture. Entertainers and artists such as Jerry Seinfeld, Adam Sandler, Allegra Goodman, and Tony Kushner have heralded new waves of television, film, literature, and theater; a major klezmer revival is under way; bagels are now as commonplace as pizza; and kabbalah has become as cool as crystals. Does this broad range of cultural expression accurately reflect what it means to be Jewish in America today? Bringing together fourteen new essays by leading scholars, You Should See Yourself examines the fluctuating representations of Jewishness in a variety of areas of popular culture and high art, including literature, the media, film, theater, music, dance, painting, photography, and comedy. Contributors explore the evolution that has taken place within these cultural forms and how we can best explain these changes. Are variations in our understanding of Jewishness the result of general phenomena such as multiculturalism, politics, and postmodernism, or are they the product of more specifically Jewish concerns such as the intermarriage/continuity crisis, religious renewal, and relations between the United States and Israel? Accessible to students and general readers alike, this volume takes an important step toward advancing the discussion of Jewish cultural influences in this country.

A Time to Be Born

Author :
Publisher : Jewish Publication Society
ISBN 13 : 9780827610644
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book A Time to Be Born written by and published by Jewish Publication Society. This book was released on 1998 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Jewish-American Artists and the Holocaust

Author : Matthew Baigell
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780813524047
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book Jewish-American Artists and the Holocaust written by Matthew Baigell and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jewish themes in American art were not very visible until the last two decades, although many famous twentieth-century artists and critics were and are Jewish. Few artists responded openly to the Holocaust until the 1960s, when it finally began to act as a galvanizing force, allowing Jewish-American artists to express their Jewish identity in their work. Baigell describes how artists initially deflected their responses into abstract forms or by invoking biblical and traditional figures and then in more recent decades confronted directly Holocaust imagery and memory. He traces the development of artistic work from the late 1930s to the present in a moving study of a long overlooked topic in the history of American art.

American Artists, Jewish Images

Author : Matthew Baigell
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780815630678
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book American Artists, Jewish Images written by Matthew Baigell and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2006-03-16 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born over a fifty-year period, the artists in this volume represent several generations of twentieth-century artists. Examining the work of such influential artists as Mark Rothko, Max Weber, and Ruth Weisberg, Baigell directly confronts their Jewish identity—as a religious, cultural, and psychological component of their lives—and explores the way in which this influence is reflected in their art. Drawing upon their common heritage, Baigell reveals the different ways these artists responded to the Great Immigration, the Depression, the Holocaust, the founding of the state of Israel, and the rise of feminism. Each artist’s varied Jewish experiences have contributed to the creation of a visual language and subject matter that reflect both Jewish assimilation and Jewish continuity in ways that inform modern Jewish history and changes in present-day America. Offering a fresh examination of well-known artists as well as long overdue attention to lesser-known artists, Baigell’s incisive observations are indispensable to our understanding of the Jewish themes in these artists' work. Written in a lively and spirited prose, this book is compulsory reading for those interested in modern American art and Jewish studies.

The Michigan Alumnus

Author :
Publisher : UM Libraries
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Michigan Alumnus written by and published by UM Libraries. This book was released on 1992 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In v.1-8 the final number consists of the Commencement annual.

The Open Door

Author : Ellen Sue Levi Elwell
Publisher : CCAR Press
ISBN 13 : 9780881230789
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book The Open Door written by Ellen Sue Levi Elwell and published by CCAR Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Open Door includes traditional and innovative blessings, extensive commentaries and supplemental readings, contemporary additions like Miriam's Cup, women's and men's voices in gender inclusive language, more than 40 pages of traditional and newly commissioned music and magnificent full color art.--publisher.

Jewish Cultural Aspirations

Author : Bruce Zuckerman
Publisher : Purdue University Press
ISBN 13 : 155753635X
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (575 download)

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Download or read book Jewish Cultural Aspirations written by Bruce Zuckerman and published by Purdue University Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late nineteenth century in Europe and to some extent in the United States, the Jewish upper middle class--particularly the more affluent families--began to enter the cultural spheres of public life, especially in major cities such as Vienna, Berlin, Paris, New York, and London. While many aspects of society were closed to them, theater, the visual arts, music, and art publication were far more inviting, especially if they involved challenging aspects of modernity that might be less attractive to Gentile society. Jews had far less to lose in embracing new forms of expression, and they were very attracted to what was regarded as the universality of cultural expression. Ultimately, these new cultural ideals had an enormous influence on art institutions and artistic manifestations in America and may explain why Jews have been active in the arts in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries to a degree totally out of proportion to their presence in the US population. Jewish cultural activities and aspirations form the focus of the contributions to this volume. Invited authors include senior figures in the field such as Matthew Baigell and Emily Bilski, alongside authors of a younger generation such as Daniel Magilow and Marcie Kaufman. There is also an essay by noted Los Angeles artist and photographer Bill Aron. The guest editor of the volume, Ruth Weisberg, provides an Introduction that places the individual contributions in context.

Annual Report of the Director - The University of Michigan University Library

Author : University of Michigan. Library
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Annual Report of the Director - The University of Michigan University Library written by University of Michigan. Library and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The President's Report to the Board of Regents for the Academic Year ... Financial Statement for the Fiscal Year

Author : University of Michigan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The President's Report to the Board of Regents for the Academic Year ... Financial Statement for the Fiscal Year written by University of Michigan and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Image, Action, and Idea in Contemporary Jewish Art

Author : Ben Schachter
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271080841
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Image, Action, and Idea in Contemporary Jewish Art written by Ben Schachter and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2017-12-15 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary Jewish art is a growing field that includes traditional as well as new creative practices, yet criticism of it is almost exclusively reliant on the Second Commandment’s prohibition of graven images. Arguing that this disregards the corpus of Jewish thought and a century of criticism and interpretation, Ben Schachter advocates instead a new approach focused on action and process. Departing from the traditional interpretation of the Second Commandment, Schachter addresses abstraction, conceptual art, performance art, and other styles that do not rely on imagery for meaning. He examines Jewish art through the concept of melachot—work-like “creative activities” as defined by the medieval Jewish philosopher Maimonides. Showing the similarity between art and melachot in the active processes of contemporary Jewish artists such as Ruth Weisberg, Allan Wexler, Archie Rand, and Nechama Golan, he explores the relationship between these artists’ methods and Judaism’s demanding attention to procedure. A compellingly written challenge to traditionalism, Image, Action, and Idea in Contemporary Jewish Art makes a well-argued case for artistic production, interpretation, and criticism that revels in the dual foundation of Judaism and art history.

The Ancient Art of Emulation

Author : Elaine K. Gazda
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 9780472111893
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (118 download)

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Download or read book The Ancient Art of Emulation written by Elaine K. Gazda and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are copies of Greek and Roman masterpieces as important as the originals they imitate?

Perspectives on contemporary printmaking

Author : Ruth Pelzer-Montada
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526125765
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book Perspectives on contemporary printmaking written by Ruth Pelzer-Montada and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2018-07-23 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology, the first of its kind, presents thirty-two texts on contemporary prints and printmaking written from the mid-1980s to the present by authors from across the world. The texts range from history and criticism to creative writing. More than a general survey, they provide a critical topography of artistic printmaking during the period. The book is directed at an audience of international stakeholders in the field of contemporary print, printmaking and printmedia, including art students, practising artists, museum curators, critics, educationalists, print publishers and print scholars. It expands debate in the field and will act as a starting point for further research.

Jewish Art in America

Author : Matthew Baigell
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780742546417
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (464 download)

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Download or read book Jewish Art in America written by Matthew Baigell and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2007 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is there a Jewish art? Is there a single "Jewish experience"? Matthew Baigell, the acknowledged American expert on Jewish art, offers the first book ever on the history of Jewish American art from the early settlements to the present.

Women Artists of the American West

Author : Susan R. Ressler
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 9780786410545
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Women Artists of the American West written by Susan R. Ressler and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2003 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Profiles more than 150 women artists of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries from the American West, offers fifteen interpretive essays, and includes nearly three hundred reproductions of their works.

Jewish American Identity and Erasure in Pop Art

Author : Melissa L. Mednicov
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1003857027
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Jewish American Identity and Erasure in Pop Art written by Melissa L. Mednicov and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-03-05 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume focuses on Jewish American identity within the context of Pop art in New York City during the sixties to reveal the multivalent identities and selves often ignored in Pop scholarship. Melissa L. Mednicov establishes her study within the context of prominent Jewish artists, dealers, institutions, and collectors in New York City in the Pop sixties. Mednicov incorporates the historiography of Jewish identity in Pop art—the ways by which identity is named or silenced—to better understand how Pop art made, or marked, different modes of identity in the sixties. By looking at a nexus of the art world in this period and the ways in which Jewish identity was registered or negated, Mednicov is able to further consider questions about the ways mass culture influenced Pop art and its participants—and, to a larger extent, formed further modes of identity. The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, Jewish studies, and American studies.

Bordered Identities in Language, Literature, and Culture

Author : Mbuh Tennu Mbuh
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1527531791
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (275 download)

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Download or read book Bordered Identities in Language, Literature, and Culture written by Mbuh Tennu Mbuh and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2019-03-21 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cameroon’s composite state of postcoloniality inevitably burdened it with a linguistic and pedagogic culture that changed the eager student into a centripetal mimic of the colonial imagination. Recent events in the country, especially relating to the Anglophone Problem, have spotlighted the need to revisit this space, which has been over-politicised into what Anglophone Cameroonians see as a state of hypnosis. Given the clash between postcolonial consciousness and the globalizing forces of late capitalism, a necessary meeting point had to be negotiated in linguistic and pedagogic contexts, to (re)affirm the identity problematic in Cameroon, and in the interpretation of colonial voices in literary texts. Bordered Identities in Language, Literature, and Culture: Readings on Cameroon and the Global Space offers a variegated reflection on these issues, and simultaneously responds to increasing demands to re-negotiate identity beyond mega frames of Empire, based on contextual data that combine indigenous and globalising imperatives.

Tandem Press

Author : Andrew Stevens
Publisher : Chazen Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 0932900356
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (329 download)

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Download or read book Tandem Press written by Andrew Stevens and published by Chazen Museum of Art. This book was released on 1994 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Founded in 1987 by Professor William Weege, the Tandem Press seeks to recreate the dynamic creative atmosphere of a visiting artist community where students and artists collaborate, work, and learn together. This catalog details the first five years of the program, and offers a color plate of one work from each of the visiting artists and a complete checklist of the exhibition. Distributed for theChazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin Madison"