Jewish Identity in Modern Art History
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abstract art
aby warburg
aesthetic
aniconism
anselm kiefer
anti semitism
art
art history
assimilation
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clement greenberg
cultural identity
cultural studies
eleanor antin
enlightenment
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exile
german expressionism
german expressionist art
iconoclasm
jewish art
jewish identity
jewish patronage
jewish studies
jewishness
judaism
judy chicago
meyer schapiro
modern art
morris gottlieb
nazi germany
nazis
religion
theodor adorno
Product details
- ISBN 9780520213043
- Weight: 544g
- Dimensions: 178 x 254mm
- Publication Date: 31 Mar 1999
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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In the first comprehensive study of Jewish identity and its meaning for the history of art, eleven influential scholars illuminate the formative role of Jews as subjects of art historical discourse. At the same time, these essays introduce to art history an understanding of the place of cultural identity in the production of scholarship. Contributors explore the meaning of Jewishness to writers and artists alike through such topics as exile, iconoclasm, and anti-Semitism. Included are essays on Anselm Kiefer and Theodor Adorno; the effects of the Enlightenment; the rise of the nation-state; Nazi policies on art history; the criticism of Meyer Schapiro, Clement Greenberg, and Aby Warburg; the art of Judy Chicago, Eleanor Antin, and Morris Gottlieb; and, Jewish patronage of German Expressionist art. Offering a new approach to the history of art in which the cultural identities of the makers and interpreters play a constitutive role, this collection begins an important and overdue dialogue that will have a significant impact on the fields of art history, Jewish studies, and cultural studies.
Catherine M. Soussloff is Professor of Art History and Visual Culture at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and the author of The Absolute Artist: The Historiography of a Concept (1997).
