The Annenbergs

The Annenbergs
Author: John E. Cooney
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Total Pages: 456
Release: 1982
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

"This is the colorful and dramatic biography of two of America's most controversial entrepreneurs: Moses Louis Annenberg, 'the racing wire king, ' who built his fortune in racketeering, invested it in publishing, and lost much of it in the biggest tax evasion case in United States history; and his son, Walter, launcher of TV Guide and Seventeen magazines and former ambassador to Great Britain."--Jacket.

Traditional Jewish Papercuts

Traditional Jewish Papercuts
Author: Joseph Shadur
Publisher: UPNE
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2002
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781584651659

The definitive work on papercuts, a long-overlooked aspect of Jewish folk art.

Pictures of People

Pictures of People
Author: Pamela Allara
Publisher: UPNE
Total Pages: 380
Release: 2000
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781584650362

A vibrant chronicle of the life and work of a prolific painter and bohemian eccentric.

Artist and Identity in Twentieth-Century America

Artist and Identity in Twentieth-Century America
Author: Matthew Baigell
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2001-01-29
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780521776011

Matthew Baigell examines the work of Edward Hopper, Ben Shahn, Frank Stella, and other artists, relating their art works to the social contexts in which they were created. Identifying important and recurring themes in this body of art, such as the persistence of Emersonian values, the search for national and regional identity, and aspects of alienation, he also explores the personal and religious identities of artists as revealed in their works. Collectively, Baigell's work demonstrates the importance of America as the defining element in American art.

Jewish Chess Masters on Stamps

Jewish Chess Masters on Stamps
Author: Felix Berkovich
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 182
Release: 2000
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN:

With chess game annotations by Nathan Divinsky.

Jewish Themes

Jewish Themes
Author: Sheila B. Braufman
Publisher: Museum
Total Pages: 54
Release: 1987
Genre: Art
ISBN:

And I Shall Dwell Among Them

And I Shall Dwell Among Them
Author: Yom Tov Assis
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2000
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780893819408

"Augmenting the photographs in And I Shall Dwell Among Them: Historic Synagogues of the World is an essay focusing on the social and cultural history of the Jews by Yom Tov Assis, a distinguished scholar of Jewish culture and history at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Neil Folberg's first-person account of making the photographs accompanies each of the chapters, which are divided by geographic regions of his extensive travels."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Breuer Houses

Breuer Houses
Author: Joachim Driller
Publisher: Phaidon Press Limited
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2000-01-11
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

A study of the houses designed by the Hungarian-born architect.

Mirroring Evil

Mirroring Evil
Author: Jewish Museum (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2001
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780813529608

Mirroring Evil: Nazi Imagery/Recent Art features the work by thirteen internationally recognized artists who use imagery from the Nazi era to explore the nature of evil. Their works are a radical departure from previous art about the Holocaust, which centered on tragic images of victims. Instead, these artists dare to invite the viewer into the world of the perpetrators. The viewer, therefore, faces an unsettling moral dilemma: How is one to react to these menacing and indicting images, drawn from a history that can never be forgotten? The artists represented in Mirroring Evil impel us to examine what these images of Nazism might mean in our lives today. Essays in the catalogue explore themes of moral ambiguity in makers and viewers of art, institutional responsibility in exhibiting controversial artworks, and the complicated issues of representing or even imagining the perpetrators. Entries about the individual artworks discuss in greater depth the artistic, ethical, and historical complexity of the images that the artists dare to engage.