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Book Review
The Lombard Haggadah. Edited by Milvia Bollati, Flora Cassen and Marc Michael Epstein
12/2019 | 1401 | 161
Pages: 1061-1062
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Reviewer:
Harris, Julie (Harris, Julie )
Subjects
artists:
Grassi, Giovannino de / and workshop
dates:
1350-1399
styles:
International Gothic
subjects:
Haggadah / Lombardy / Jews / Illuminated manuscripts / Jewish iconography / Visconti family
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Lombard Haggadah Edited by Milvia Bollati, Flora Cassen and Marc Michael Epstein. 240 pp. incl. 200 col. ills. (Paul Holberton Publishing, London, 2019), £45. ISBN 978–1–911300–66–3. | :
Exhibition Review
Roman Vishniac Rediscovered. Jewish Museum, London, and The Photographers’ Gallery, London
02/2019 | 1391 | 161
Pages: 156-158
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Reviewer:
Vaizey, Marina (Vaizey, Marina)
Subjects
artists:
Vishniac, Roman
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Photographs
museums and institutions:
Jewish Museum, London, Great Britain / Photographers' Gallery, London, Great Britain
places:
Great Britain / London
subjects:
Jews / Jewish iconography / Cultural history / Religion / World War (1939-1945) / Holocaust (1939-1945) / Ruins / Portraits / Travel / Commissions / Photography
Illustrations
Attributed works:
22. Jewish school children, Mukacevo, by Roman Vishniac. c.1935–38. Gelatin silver print, 24 by 16.5 cm. (© Mara Vishniac Kohn; International Center of Photography, New York; exh. Jewish Museum London).
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23. Skin from Roman Vishniac’s thumb, magnified 280 times, by Roman Vishniac. 1950s–1970s. Photomicrograph. (© Mara Vishniac Kohn; International Center of Photography, New York; exh. Jewish Museum London and The Photographers’ Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
24. Boy standing on a mountain of rubble, Berlin, by Roman Vishniac. 1947. Inkjet print, 30 by 30 cm. (© Mara Vishniac Kohn; International Center of Photography, New York; exh. The Photographers’ Gallery, London).
Exhibition Review
Chaim Soutine at the Jewish Museum, New York
08/2018 | 1385 | 160
Pages: 660-665
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Reviewer:
James, Merlin (James, Merlin; James, Merlin Ingli; Ingli James, Merlin; J., M.)
Subjects
artists:
Soutine, Chaim / Krémègne, Pinchus / Kikoïne, Michel / Derain, André / Bacon, Francis, 1909-1992
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings
museums and institutions:
Jewish Museum, New York, United States
places:
United States / New York
subjects:
Landscapes (visual works) / Still lifes / Portraits / Nudes / French painting / Russian painting / Judaism / Jewish iconography / Christian iconography / Animals / Birds / Iconography / Influence / Perception / Catalogues raisonnés
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Still life with herrings, by Chaim Soutine. c.1916. Canvas, 64.5 by 48.5 cm. (Larock-Granoff Collection, Paris; exh. Jewish Museum, New York).
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2. Still life with rayfish, by Chaim Soutine. c.1924. Canvas, 81 by 100 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; exh. Jewish Museum, New York).
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3. Fish, peppers, onions, by Chaim Soutine. c.1919. Canvas, 64.8 by 49.2 cm. (Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia; exh. Jewish Museum, New York).
Attributed works:
4. Hanging turkey, by Chaim Soutine. c.1925. Board, 96 by 72 cm. (The Henry and Rose Pearlman Foundation, on long term loan to the Princeton University Art Museum; exh. Jewish Museum, New York).
Attributed works:
5. Carcass of beef, by Chaim Soutine. c.1925. Canvas, 140.3 by 107.5 cm. (Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo; exh. Jewish Museum, New York).
Book Review
The Medieval Haggadah: Art, Narrative, and Religious Imagination
06/2012 | 1311 | 154
Pages: 420
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Reviewer:
Pfändtner, Karl-Georg (Pfändtner, Karl-Georg)
Subjects
dates:
1300-1349
print:
Manuscripts
subjects:
Illuminated manuscripts / Manuscripts / Haggadah / Iconography / Jewish iconography
subjects:
Manuscript illumination
subjects:
Hebraic
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Medieval Haggadah: Art, Narrative, and Religious Imagination | reviewer: Epstein, Marc Michael
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
60. The Bird’s Head Haggadah. South Germany (Mainz?), c.1300. (Israel Museum, Jerusalem; MS 180/57).
Book Review
Jews among Christians: Hebrew Book Illumination from Lake Constance
06/2012 | 1311 | 154
Pages: 420
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Reviewer:
Pfändtner, Karl-Georg (Pfändtner, Karl-Georg)
Subjects
dates:
1300-1349
media:
Illuminated manuscripts / Manuscripts / Manuscript illumination / Christian iconography / Jewish iconography / Studios (organisations) / Workshops (Organisations)
places:
Germany
print:
Manuscripts
subjects:
Hebraic
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Jews among Christians: Hebrew Book Illumination from Lake Constance | author: Shalev-Eyni, Sarit
Book Review
Pontius Pilate, Anti-Semitism, and the Passion in Medieval Art
12/2010 | 1293 | 152
Pages: 809
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Reviewer:
Kauffmann, C. M. (Kauffmann, C. M.; K., C. M.)
Subjects
dates:
1100-1199
print:
Pontius Pilate
print:
Medieval art
subjects:
Pontius Pilate / Christian iconography / Jesus Christ: Passion / Jewish iconography / Jews
subjects:
Art / Early medieval / Medieval
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Pontius Pilate, Anti-Semitism, and the Passion in Medieval Art | author: Hourihane, Colum
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
37. Pilate washing his hands and sprinkling water on the Jews. c.1125. Miniature. (St Albans Psalter, fol.23r; Dombibliothek, Hildesheim).
Book Review
Rembrandt’s Faith. Church and Temple in the Dutch Golden Age
02/2010 | 1283 | 152
Pages: 106-108
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Reviewer:
Eck, Xander van (Eck, Xander van; Van Eck, Xander)
Subjects
artists:
Rembrandt van Rijn
dates:
1630-1669
print:
Rembrandt van Rijn
subjects:
Dutch painting / Religious art / Christian iconography / Jewish iconography / Theology
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Rembrandt’s Faith. Church and Temple in the Dutch Golden Age | author: Perlove, Shelley , author: Silver, Larry
Illustrations
Attributed works:
44. Adam and Eve, by Rembrandt van Rijn. 1638. Etching, 16.2 by 11.6 cm. (British Museum, London)
Book Review
Chagall and the Artists of the Russian Jewish Theater
02/2010 | 1283 | 152
Pages: 113-114
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Reviewer:
Lodder, Christina (Lodder, Christina; L., C.; Lodder, Christina A.)
Subjects
artists:
Chagall, Marc
dates:
1990-1999
museums and institutions:
Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, United States / Jewish Museum, New York, United States
places:
Moscow
print:
Chagall, Marc
subjects:
Russian painting / Theatre design / Exhibition catalogues / Costume / Wall paintings / Jewish iconography
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Chagall and the Artists of the Russian Jewish Theater | editor: Goodman, Susan Tumarkin
Illustrations
Attributed works:
47. Set design for The Golem, by Ignaty Nivinsky. 1925. Pencil, gouache, ink and bronze paint on paper mounted on cardboard. (A.A. Bakhrushin State Central Theatre Museum, Moscow).
Publication Received
Mapping Paradise. A History of Heaven on Earth
03/2009 | 1272 | 151
Pages: 181
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Reviewer:
Lippincott, Kristen (Lippincott, Kristen)
Subjects
print:
Garden of Eden
subjects:
Paradise / Theology / Maps / Christianity / Christian iconography / Jewish iconography / Allegory
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Mapping Paradise. A History of Heaven on Earth | author: Scafi, Alessandro
Book Review
Illuminated Haggadot from Medieval Spain. Biblical Imagery and the Passover Holiday
02/2009 | 1271 | 151
Pages: 102
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Reviewer:
Walker, Rose (Walker, Rose)
Subjects
dates:
1200-1299 / 1300-1399
places:
Spain
print:
Illuminated manuscripts
subjects:
Manuscripts / Illuminated manuscripts / Spanish painting / Haggadah / Bible / Jewish iconography / Jewish / Judaism / Miniatures (paintings)
subjects:
Medieval
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Illuminated Haggadot from Medieval Spain. Biblical Imagery and the Passover Holiday | author: Kogman-Appel, Katrin
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