Architecture and sculptural decoration of the Venetian synagogues

مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Architecture and sculptural decoration of the Venetian synagogues "
Gail Ann Gould Wingard E. Jacobson-Tepfer

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	55656
Doc. No	:	TL25610
Call number	:	‭1436507‬
Main Entry	:	Gail Ann Gould Wingard
Title & Author	:	Architecture and sculptural decoration of the Venetian synagogues\ Gail Ann Gould Wingard
College	:	University of Oregon
Date	:	2006
Degree	:	M.A.
student score	:	2006
Page No	:	152
Abstract	:	The beautiful synagogues of the Venetian Ghetto are uniquely preserved in their original historical context. Their architecture and sculptural decoration testify to the cultural and artistic achievements of the Venetian Jewish community throughout the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries. This thesis evaluates the cultural environment that shaped the synagogues, looking at religious and social movements of their period. It also uses the artistic evidence of the synagogues themselves to understand the patrons who built them. Strong currents of mysticism and messianism are expressed in the iconography of the sculpture applied to key architectural features. This decoration is introspective, looking to Jewish roots and symbolism of the Hebrew Bible, and is not assimilated to exterior models. Both Jewish and Venetian, synagogue architecture in Venice shows signs of the artistic synthesis that was taking place in many areas of literary and artistic endeavor in the ghetto during the Renaissance and early modern periods.
Subject	:	Philosophy, religion and theology; Communication and the arts; Social sciences; Italy; Art history; Architecture; Minority ethnic groups; Sociology; Religious history; 0320:Religious history; 0631:Sociology; 0631:Minority ethnic groups; 0729:Architecture; 0377:Art history
Added Entry	:	E. Jacobson-Tepfer
Added Entry	:	University of Oregon