The Torah Ark in Renaissance Poland
A Jewish Revival of Classical Antiquity
Biographical note
Ilia M. Rodov is Lecturer in the Department of Jewish Art at Bar-Ilan University. He is the author of many works on European synagogue art, focusing on the history, patronage, and meanings of synagogue paintings, sculptures, architectural decoration, and furniture design.
Readership
The academic audience, extending from students to scholars, and all those interested in art history, Renaissance art and architecture, as well as Jewish art, architecture, symbols, liturgy, exegesis, and customs.
Table of contents
1. Medieval Synagogues in Cracow and Kazimierz
2. The Renaissance Reaches Jewish Kazimierz
3. The Isserls' Torah Ark: Deconstructing the Bricolage
4. The Isserls' Torah Ark: Reconstructing the Unity
5. Developments of the Isserls' Model in Kazimierz
6. From Kazimierz to Pińczow and Szydłow
7. Revivals of Ancient Art in the Design of Late-Sixteenth- to Mid-Seventeenth-Century Arks
187 illustrations
2. The Renaissance Reaches Jewish Kazimierz
3. The Isserls' Torah Ark: Deconstructing the Bricolage
4. The Isserls' Torah Ark: Reconstructing the Unity
5. Developments of the Isserls' Model in Kazimierz
6. From Kazimierz to Pińczow and Szydłow
7. Revivals of Ancient Art in the Design of Late-Sixteenth- to Mid-Seventeenth-Century Arks
187 illustrations
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