Jewish Art in America

Résumé du livre

Is there a Jewish art? Is there a single "Jewish experience"? Matthew Baigell, the acknowledged American expert on Jewish art, offers the first book ever on the history of Jewish American art from the early settlements to the present. Jewish Art in America explores how the artists' Jewish heritage plays a part in their response to major events in history such as the Great Migration, the Great Depression, the Holocaust, the founding of the State of Israel, and the dispersal of Jewish artists around the country. It is a fascinating story of the Jewish experience in American art as seen through the works of eighty artists, including major figures as well as artists whose works have not achieved main-stream prominence. Chapters are arranged chronologically, with subjects such as feminism, spiritualism, and responses to the Holocaust having chapters of their own. Intended for art historians, curators, and students of American art and Jewish culture, Jewish Art in America is a landmark book in both American art and Jewish studies that covers complex territory comprehensively, with unparalleled incisiveness, thoughtfulness, and readability. It includes examples of works from the artists discussed.