04424nam 22008295 450 991045922820332120210423184847.01-282-76700-397866127670051-4008-2357-910.1515/9781400823574(CKB)2670000000044693(EBL)668957(OCoLC)51478992(SSID)ssj0000433353(PQKBManifestationID)12176528(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000433353(PQKBWorkID)10390324(PQKB)10657737(SSID)ssj0000106190(PQKBManifestationID)11128651(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000106190(PQKBWorkID)10108186(PQKB)11217124(DE-B1597)446202(OCoLC)979628985(DE-B1597)9781400823574(MiAaPQ)EBC668957(EXLCZ)99267000000004469320190708d2001 fg engur|nu---|u||utxtccrThe Artless Jew Medieval and Modern Affirmations and Denials of the Visual /Kalman P. BlandCourse BookPrinceton, NJ :Princeton University Press,[2001]©20011 online resource (244 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-691-08985-X Front matter --Contents --Acknowledgments --Introduction --One. Modern Denials and Affirmations of Jewish Art: Germanophone Origins and Themes --Two. Anglo-American Variations --Three. The Premodern Consensus --Four. The Well-Tempered Medieval Sensorium --Five. Medieval Beauty and Cultural Relativism --Six. Twelfth-Century Pilgrims, Golden Calves, and Religious Polemics --Seven. The Power and Regulation of Images in Late Medieval Jewish Society --Notes --Bibliography --IndexConventional wisdom holds that Judaism is indifferent or even suspiciously hostile to the visual arts due to the Second Commandment's prohibition on creating "graven images," the dictates of monotheism, and historical happenstance. This intellectual history of medieval and modern Jewish attitudes toward art and representation overturns the modern assumption of Jewish iconophobia that denies to Jewish culture a visual dimension. Kalman Bland synthesizes evidence from medieval Jewish philosophy, mysticism, poetry, biblical commentaries, travelogues, and law, concluding that premodern Jewish intellectuals held a positive, liberal understanding of the Second Commandment and did, in fact, articulate a certain Jewish aesthetic. He draws on this insight to consider modern ideas of Jewish art, revealing how they are inextricably linked to diverse notions about modern Jewish identity that are themselves entwined with arguments over Zionism, integration, and anti-Semitism. Through its use of the past to illuminate the present and its analysis of how the present informs our readings of the past, this book establishes a new assessment of Jewish aesthetic theory rooted in historical analysis. Authoritative and original in its identification of authentic Jewish traditions of painting, sculpture, and architecture, this volume will ripple the waters of several disciplines, including Jewish studies, art history, medieval and modern history, and philosophy.Jewish aestheticsJewish artJews -- Intellectual lifeJudaism and art -- History of doctrinesTen commandments -- ImagesJudaism and artHistory of doctrinesJewish artIntellectual lifeJewish aestheticsJewsElectronic books.Jewish aesthetics.Jewish art.Jews -- Intellectual life.Judaism and art -- History of doctrines.Ten commandments -- Images.Judaism and artHistory of doctrinesJewish artIntellectual lifeJewish aestheticsJews296.4/6/09296.46Bland Kalman P.1046733DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910459228203321The Artless Jew2473868UNINA