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Jewish Artists and the Bible in Twentieth-Century America

  • ISBN-13: 9780271059839
  • Publisher: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • By Samantha Baskind
  • Price: AUD $86.99
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  • Local release date: 16/03/2014
  • Format: Hardback 260 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Photography & photographs [AJ]
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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.


Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1 Catastrophe and the Biblical Archetype in Jack Levine’s Art

2 George Segal and the Book of Genesis

3 Audrey Agonistes: Anguish, Stereotype, and Audrey Flack

4 Biblical Parody: Larry Rivers’s History of Matzah: The Story of the Jews as Counterhistory

5 R. B. Kitaj: Village Explainer of Jewish Art

Epilogue: Jewish Artists and the Formation of the American Art Canon

Notes

Bibliography

Index


“Marked by meticulous original research, creative scholarly thinking, and lucid prose, Jewish Artists and the Bible is a stunning achievement.”

—Andrea Pappas, Images: A Journal of Jewish Art and Visual Culture

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