Saturday, May 4, 2013

New Publication: ARS JUDAICA, Volume 9

New Publication: ARS JUDAICA, Volume 9

The newest volume of Ars Judaica is now available.  Here is the table of contents and information on ordering.  If your University Library does not subscribe - it should!


ARS JUDAICA, Volume 9
The Bar-Ilan Journal of Jewish Art
The Michael J. Floersheim Memorial for Jewish Art
Edited by Bracha Yaniv, Mirjam Rajner, and Ilia Rodov

Editor's Note
BRACHA YANIV

Decoration versus Simplicity: Pottery and Ethnic Negotiation in Early Israel
AVRAHAM FAUST

Holding an Orb in His Hand: The Angel 'Anafi'el and a Late Antiquity Helios
Mosaic
MOSHE IDEL

Attributing of Three Ashkenazi Bibles with Micrographic Images
RAHEL FRONDA

A Purim Masquerade: Fowls and Foxes in Shmuel Ben David's Illuminated
Scroll of Esther (c. 1923)
ALEC MISHORY

Toward the Philosophy of Work: The Late Paintings of Leopold Gottlieb
ARTUR TANIKOWSKI

Special Item

Opposites United: The Square-Round Silver Wedding Ring
NURIT SIRKIS BANK

Book Reviews

The New Jewish Book History
Sarit Shalev-Eyni, Jews among Christians: Hebrew Book Illumination from
Lake Constance
DAVID STERN

Monuments of an Exotic Community
Remnant Stones: The Jewish Cemeteries and Synagogues of Suriname: Epitaphs,
eds. Aviva Ben-Ur and Rachel Frankel
Remnant Stones: The Jewish Cemeteries and Synagogues of Suriname: Essays,
eds. Aviva Ben-Ur and Rachel Frankel
DAVID MALKIEL

Comprehensive View of Hungarian Synagogues
Rudolf Klein, Zsinagógák Magyarországon 1782-1918: Fejlo˝déstörténet,
tipológia és epítészeti jelentöség / Synagogues in Hungary 1782-1918:
Genealogy, Typology and Architectural Significance
CAROL HERSELLE KRINSKY

Research of Research of Jewish Art: Focusing on Lithuania
ILIA RODOV

Research of Jewish Art: Art in the Ukrainian Context
ILIA RODOV

Jewish Art in Modern Times: A New Appraisal
Samantha Baskind and Larry Silver, Jewish Art: A Modern History
WALTER CAHN


Ars Judaica is an annual publication of the Department of Jewish Art at
Bar-Ilan University. It showcases the Jewish contribution to the visual
arts and architecture from antiquity to the present from a variety of
perspectives, including history, iconography, semiotics, psychology,
sociology, and folklore. As such it is a valuable resource for art
historians, collectors, curators, and all those interested in the visual
arts.

Volumes of Ars Judaica are distributed by the Littman Library of Jewish
Civilization throughout the world, except Israel.
http://www.littman.co.uk/cat/arsjudaica-9.html


Orders and inquiries from Israeli customers should be directed to:

Ars Judaica
Department of Jewish Art
Bar-Ilan University
Ramat-Gan 52900

telephone 03 5317217
email ajudaica@biu.ac.il

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