Art and the Jews of Morocco

Art and the Jews of Morocco
Author: André Goldenberg
Publisher: Somogy Art Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014
Genre: Decorative arts
ISBN: 9782757208939

For centuries, the artistry of the Jewish community in Morocco has flourished - as much in urban areas as in the countryside - in metalwork, manuscripts, silks, wool, leather, woodwork. Often, this creativity has given birth to exceptional works that showcase the talent and originality of artists and artisans who have nonetheless remained anonymous. Originally from Morocco, Andre Goldenberg is an ethnologist who has devoted a significant part of his life to collecting the art of the Jews of Morocco, artefacts that show a unique artistic perspective and an extremely fine artistic quality. The extraordinary collection of objects assembled in this volume reveals the multiple facets of the art of Moroccan Jews, while the meticulous research that accompanies the catalogue promises to preserve this culture for future generations. This richly illustrated book constitutes an imaginary museum, carefully detailing hundreds of masterpieces of Jewish Moroccan art gathered from public and private collections in Morocco and abroad."

Morocco

Morocco
Author: Daniel J. Schroeter
Publisher: London : Merrell ; New York : Jewish Museum
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2000
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

Explores the conundrum of Jewish Moroccan identity, from the earliest times to the present day.

Jews and Muslims in Morocco

Jews and Muslims in Morocco
Author: Joseph Chetrit
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 507
Release: 2021-07-27
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1793624933

Multiple traditions of Jewish origins in Morocco emphasize the distinctiveness of Moroccan Jewry as indigenous to the area, rooted in its earliest settlements and possessing deep connections and associations with the historic peoples of the region. The creative interaction of Moroccan Jewry with the Arab and Berber cultures was noted in the Jews’ use of Morocco’s multiple languages and dialects, characteristic poetry, and musical works as well as their shared magical rites and popular texts and proverbs. In Jews and Muslims in Morocco: Their Intersecting Worlds historians, anthropologists, musicologists, Rabbinic scholars, Arabists, and linguists analyze this culture, in all its complexity and hybridity. The volume’s collection of essays span political and social interactions throughout history, cultural commonalities, traditions, and halakhic developments. As Jewish life in Morocco has dwindled, much of what is left are traditions maintained in Moroccan ex-pat communities, and memories of those who stayed and those who left. The volume concludes with shared memories from the perspective of a Jewish intellectual from Morocco, a Moroccan Muslim scholar, an analysis of a visual memoir painted by the nineteenth-century artist, Eugène Delacroix, and a photo essay of the vanished world of Jewish life in Morocco.

After Jews and Arabs

After Jews and Arabs
Author: Ammiel Alcalay
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Total Pages: 354
Release: 1993
Genre: Israel
ISBN: 9781452900018

Women Writing Africa

Women Writing Africa
Author: Fatima Sadiqi
Publisher: Feminist Press
Total Pages: 464
Release: 2009
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

Culminating the acclaimed Women Writing Africa project, The Northern Region covers 3,000 BCE to today.

Costumes of Morocco

Costumes of Morocco
Author: Jean Besancenot
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 220
Release: 1990
Genre: Design
ISBN:

First published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Jewish Art

Jewish Art
Author: Grace Cohen Grossman
Publisher: Universe Publishing(NY)
Total Pages: 328
Release: 1995
Genre: Art
ISBN:

Recounts the history of art within Jewish culture, explains how Jewish artists have worked as a response to living as a minority in other civilizations, and discusses manuscripts, ceremonial objects, and the works of modern artists of Jewish heritage.

Across Legal Lines

Across Legal Lines
Author: Jessica M. Marglin
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 333
Release: 2016-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 030021846X

Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration and Spelling -- Map of Morocco -- Introduction -- 1 The Legal World of Moroccan Jews -- 2 The Law of the Market -- 3 Breaking and Blurring Jurisdictional Bound aries -- 4 The Sultan's Jews -- 5 Appeals in an International Age -- 6 Extraterritorial Expansion -- 7 Colonial Pathos -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z

The Jewish World

The Jewish World
Author: Alla Efimova
Publisher: Skira
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014
Genre: Jewish art
ISBN: 9780847841134

Director's introduction by Alla Efimova -- Benedictions -- Protections -- Illuminations -- Sensations -- Expansions -- Expulsions -- Reparations -- Curator's afterword by Francesco Spagnolo -- Origins of artifacts

Art and Ceremony in Jewish Life

Art and Ceremony in Jewish Life
Author: Vivian B. Mann
Publisher: Pindar Press
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2005-12-31
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1915837200

Since turning to the field of Jewish art over twenty years ago, Vivian Mann has concentrated on investigating Jewish ceremonial art within the dual contexts of Jewish law, and the history of decorative arts in general, including the ceremonial art made for the Church and the Mosque. The introduction to this volume considers classic rabbinic attitudes toward art and its relationship to spirituality. The remaining essays are divided into three groups: the first concerns medieval ceremonial art; the second, articles on the Jewish art of Muslim lands beginning with the early Middle Ages; and the third consists of essays on Judaica during the periods of the Renaissance and rococo.