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Jewish artists and the Bible in twentieth-century America / Samantha Baskind.
- Title
- Jewish artists and the Bible in twentieth-century America / Samantha Baskind.
- Author
- Baskind, Samantha
- Publication
- University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2014]
- ©2014
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| Text | Request in advance | N6538.J4 B374 2014 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xix, 239 pages : illustrations (some color); 27 cm
- Summary
- "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"--
- Subject
- Levine, Jack
- Segal, George, 1924-2000
- Flack, Audrey, 1931-
- Rivers, Larry, 1923-2002
- Kitaj, R. B., 1932-2007
- Bible > In art
- Bible > Dans l'art
- Bible
- 1900-1999
- Jewish art > United States > 20th century
- Art, American > 20th century
- Art américain > 20e siècle
- Art, American
- Jewish art
- Art, American > 20th century
- United States
- Genre/Form
- works of art.
- Art
- Œuvres d'art.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-219) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Catastrophe and the biblical archetype in Jack Levine's art -- George Segal and the Book of Genesis -- Audrey Agonistes : anguish, stereotype, and Audrey Flack -- Biblical parody : Larry Rivers's history of matzah : the story of the Jews as counterhistory -- R.B. Kitaj : village explainer of Jewish art -- Epilogue : Jewish artists and the formation of the American art canon.
- ISBN
- 9780271059839
- 0271059834
- LCCN
- 2013012089
- OCLC
- 847245951
- SCSB-10706793
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library