Jewish Artists and the Bible in Twentieth-century America

Jewish Artists and the Bible in Twentieth-century America
Author: Samantha Baskind
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014
Genre: Art, American
ISBN: 9780271059839

Explores the works of five major American Jewish artists: Jack Levine, George Segal, Audrey Flack, Larry Rivers, and R. B. Kitaj. Focuses on the use of imagery influenced by the Bible.

Complex Identities

Complex Identities
Author: Matthew Baigell
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2001
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780813528694

Focusing on 19th-and 20th-century European, American and Israeli artists, the contributors explore the ways in which Jewish artists have responded to their Jewishness and to the societies in which they lived (or live), and how these factors have influenced their art, their choice of subject matter, and presentation of their work.

One Hundred Years Of Art In Israel

One Hundred Years Of Art In Israel
Author: Gideon Ofrat
Publisher: Westview Press
Total Pages: 408
Release: 1998-03-26
Genre: Art
ISBN:

This landmark volume brings the rich legacy of Israeli art to a Western audience for the first time. Gideon Ofrat, Israel's preeminent curator, art critic, and art historian, traces the complete history of painting and sculpture in Israel, from nineteenth-century Jewish folk art in Ottoman Palestine to the kaleidoscopic postmodern patterns of Israeli art today. Contains over 350 illustrations, 185 in color.