LEADER 04153oam 22007335 450 001 9910822127903321 005 20231129201408.0 010 $a1-4008-0075-7 010 $a1-282-76700-3 010 $a9786612767005 010 $a1-4008-2357-9 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400823574 035 $a(CKB)2670000000044693 035 $a(EBL)668957 035 $a(OCoLC)51478992 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000433353 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12176528 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000433353 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10390324 035 $a(PQKB)10657737 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000106190 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11128651 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000106190 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10108186 035 $a(PQKB)11217124 035 $a(DE-B1597)446202 035 $a(OCoLC)979628985 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400823574 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC668957 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000044693 100 $a20190708d2001 fy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|nu---|u||u 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe artless Jew $emedieval and modern affirmations and denials of the visual /$fKalman P. Bland 205 $aCourse Book 210 1$aPrinceton, N.J. :$cPrinceton University Press,$d[2001] 210 4$dİ2001 215 $a1 online resource (248 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4008-0074-9 311 $a0-691-08985-X 320 $aIncludes bibliography and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$tOne. Modern Denials and Affirmations of Jewish Art: Germanophone Origins and Themes --$tTwo. Anglo-American Variations --$tThree. The Premodern Consensus --$tFour. The Well-Tempered Medieval Sensorium --$tFive. Medieval Beauty and Cultural Relativism --$tSix. Twelfth-Century Pilgrims, Golden Calves, and Religious Polemics --$tSeven. The Power and Regulation of Images in Late Medieval Jewish Society --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aConventional 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. 606 $aJudaism and art$xHistory of doctrines 606 $aJewish art 606 $aJewish aesthetics 606 $aJews$xIntellectual life 615 0$aJudaism and art$xHistory of doctrines. 615 0$aJewish art. 615 0$aJewish aesthetics. 615 0$aJews$xIntellectual life. 676 $a296.4/6/09 676 $a296.46 700 $aBland$b Kalman P.$f1942-$01703253 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910822127903321 996 $aThe artless Jew$94088320 997 $aUNINA