ARTH 228 - Jewish Art and Architecture:Middle Ages to the Present

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DePauw University

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Description:

Group 4, 1 course Long regarded as a people obedient to the second commandment prohibiting graven images, the Jews have been seen as alienated from visual communication, a nation without art. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Throughout the centuries, Jewish communities have made the visual arts an integral part of the Jewish experience, and produced artists and architects who have played pivotal, if not transformative, roles in the mainstreams of art's history. This course introduces students to the great variety of monuments and masterpieces through which Jews have expressed their religious and cultural aspirations, their folk customs and rituals, identities and memories, both joyous and sorrowful. Among the topics are: the legacy of King Solomon's Jerusalem Temple in the architecture and decoration of the synagogue; illuminated Hebrew manuscripts for feast and prayer; Jewish-Christian relations; Jewish ceremonial art; the emergence of professional Jewish artists in the 19th century; the role of Jews in the European avant-gardes of the 20th century; Israeli and Zionist art; post-Holocaust art and postmodernism; and we conclude with the World Trade Center project, designed by Jewish architect Daniel Liebeskind.

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1.00 - 4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.depauw.edu

Phone Number:

(765) 658-4800

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Four-one-four plan

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