Venice Synagogues

2016-03-01
Venice Synagogues
Author: Umberto Fortis
Publisher: Assouline Publishing
Total Pages: 6
Release: 2016-03-01
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1614280525
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Commemorating the 500th anniversary of the founding of the Venice Ghetto, this magnificent hand-bound Ultimate Collection volume introduces readers to the beauty and historical and spiritual significance of the five principal synagogues in Venice, the most important markers of Jewish faith and culture in the Most Serene Republic. Behind the walls of the Ghetto, Venetian Jews expressed strong ties to the traditions of their forefathers in constructing these beautiful places of worship. The architecture, furnishings, and decorations blended the memory of their different countries of origin with traditions of Venetian artistic culture, bequeathing the City on the Lagoon enduring monuments of unparalleled eminence that remain sites of reverence and admiration.

Synagogues of Europe

1996-01-01
Synagogues of Europe
Author: Carol Herselle Krinsky
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 482
Release: 1996-01-01
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780486290782
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Superbly illustrated views from antiquity to modern times accompany concise profiles of synagogues across the continent, including Cracow's Old Synagogue, the Great Synagogue of Vilnius, and Vienna's Tempelgasse. 253 illustrations.

The Jewish Ghetto and the Visual Imagination of Early Modern Venice

2017-08-18
The Jewish Ghetto and the Visual Imagination of Early Modern Venice
Author: Dana E. Katz
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 203
Release: 2017-08-18
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1107165148
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This book explores how the Jewish ghetto engaged the sensory imagination of Venice in complex and contradictory ways to shape urban space and reshape Christian-Jewish relations.

Venice, the Jews and Europe

2016
Venice, the Jews and Europe
Author: Donatella Calabi
Publisher: Marsilio
Total Pages: 532
Release: 2016
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9788831724944
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The significance of the Ghetto -- Venice, the Jews, and Europe, 1516-2016: 1. Before the Ghetto -- 2. Cosmopolitan Venice -- 3. The cosmopolitan Ghetto -- 4. The synagogues -- 5. Jewish culture and women -- 6. Trade in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries -- 7. Tales of the Ghetto : the shadow of Shylock -- 8. Napoleon : the opening of the gates and assimilation -- 9. The twentieth century

The Jews of Early Modern Venice

2001-03-28
The Jews of Early Modern Venice
Author: Robert C. Davis
Publisher: JHU Press
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2001-03-28
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780801865121
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The constraints of the ghetto and the concomitant interaction of various Jewish traditions produced a remarkable cultural flowering.

The Venetian Ghetto

1990
The Venetian Ghetto
Author: Roberta Curiel
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
Total Pages: 186
Release: 1990
Genre: History
ISBN:
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The creation of the Venetian Ghetto - A tour of the Ghetto - Ghetto Nuova - Scuola Grande Tedesca - Scuola Canton - Scuola Italiana - Ghetto Vecchio - Scuola Grande Spagnola - Scuola Levantina - Ghetto Nuovissimo - Cemetery of S. Nicolo del Lido - Scuole - Jews in Venice - Renaissance.

Edmund de Waal Library of Exile

2020-10-06
Edmund de Waal Library of Exile
Author: Edmund de Waal
Publisher:
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2020-10-06
Genre:
ISBN: 9780714123479
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Published to mark the display of library of exile at the British Museum, this beautifully produced new book reflects on the themes raised by de Waal's thought-provoking work of art. A preface by Booker Prize-nominated author Elif Shafak reflects on the importance of literature and its capacity to transcend language and borders. The introduction from Hartwig Fischer, Director of the British Museum, positions the artwork within the wider context of the Museum's collection, highlighting the dialogue between objects from across time and throughout history and the contemporary. Finally, de Waal concentrates on the work itself, its journey to the British Museum via Venice and Dresden, and its future role in the foundation of the New University Library in Mosul.

Synagogues

1999
Synagogues
Author: Samuel Gruber
Publisher: Friedman-Fairfax
Total Pages: 128
Release: 1999
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:
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A must for both architecture and Judaic studies buffs, this gorgeous volume offers a glorious armchair tour of synagogues of the world. For almost two thousand years, the synagogue has been the focal point of Jewish life and identity. This sumptuously illustrated volume traces the history of the synagogue as an institution and follows the development of synagogue art and architecture throughout the ages and across continents. Synagogues: -- features an incredible diversity of synagogues, from sixteenth-century Italian scuolas to twentieth-century works by architects such as Philip Johnson and Frank Lloyd Wright -- pictures synagogues from all over the world: from Cochin, India, to Venice, Italy; from London, England, to Jerusalem, Israel