Synagogue paintings as indicating a!developing conception of national redemption

• Authors: Zvi Orgad

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Synagogue paintings as indicating a!developing conception of national redemption

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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Abstract. Orgad Zvi, Synagogue paintings as indicating a developing conception of national redemption. “Images” vol. XXV, no. 34. Poznań 2019. Adam Mickiewicz University Press. Pp. 15–27. ISSN 1731-450X. DOI 10.14746/i.2019.34.01. This article compares the interior paintings in the ‘Ades and Ohel Moshe synagogues, both of which are non-Ashkenazi, in the Naḥlaot neighborhood in Jerusalem. Although the synagogues were decorated 50 years apart, there are similarities in the painted motifs and drawing schemes, but also some differences. I suggest that these differences reflect the development of a Jewish concept of national redemption during the 50 years that elapsed between the adornment of the two synagogues.

Keywords

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Synagogue art; wall paintings; interior decoration; national redemption; Synagogue art; wall paintings; interior decoration; national redemption

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Synagogue art; wall paintings; interior decoration; national redemption

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Images. The International Journal of European Film, Performing Arts and Audiovisual Communication
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 25
• Issue: 34
• Pages: 15-27

Dates

published

2019-06-15

Contributors

author

Zvi Orgad

• Wydział Sztuki Żydowskiej Uniwersytetu w Bar Ilan

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Identifiers

DOI

10.14746/i.2019.34.01