Depiction and Interpretation

Depiction and Interpretation
Author: Ziva Amishai-Maisels
Publisher: Pergamon
Total Pages: 748
Release: 1993
Genre: Art
ISBN:

A study of the extent to which the Holocaust - as a major historical event - influenced Western art. Pt. I (pp. 3-127), "Depiction, " discusses many artists and their works. Pt. II (pp. 131-366), "Interpretation, " analyzes primary Holocaust symbols, biblical imagery, "the crucified Jew, " myths, abstraction, and Jewish identity. Pp. 367-509 contain notes to the above chapters, and pp. 511-546 give an extensive selected bibliography. The plates contain reproductions of 560 paintings and drawings.

Catalogue

Catalogue
Author: Hispanic Society of America. Library
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1022
Release: 1962
Genre: Brazilian literature
ISBN: