Image, Action, and Idea in Contemporary Jewish Art

(Part of the Dimyonot: Jews and the Cultural Imagination Series)

by Ben Schachter

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Contemporary Jewish art is a growing field that includes traditional as well as new creative practices, yet criticism of it is almost exclusively reliant on the Second Commandment's prohibition of graven images. Arguing that this disregards the corpus of Jewish thought and a century of criticism and interpretation, Ben Schachter advocates instead a new approach focused on action and process.

Departing from the traditional interpretation of...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0271079126

ISBN13:9780271079127

Release Date:December 2017

Publisher:Penn State University Press

Length:176 Pages

Weight:0.55 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 6.1" x 8.0"

Related Subjects

Art Arts, Music & Photography Religion Religion & Spirituality

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Image, Action, and Idea in Contemporary Jewish Art

(Part of the Dimyonot: Jews and the Cultural Imagination Series)

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