Research Catalog
The synagogue
- Title
- The synagogue / H.A. Meek.
- Author
- Meek, H. A. (Harold Alan), 1922-
- Publication
- London : Phaidon Press, 1995.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | NA4690 .M43 1995q Oversize | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 240 pages : illustrations (some color); 30 cm
- Summary
- H.A. Meek gradually unfolds the story of the synagogue from its origins in Solomon's Temple to its exuberant Baroque phase in Venice and thence to the classic simplicity of the modern building. Over the course of several millennia, the style of the synagogues has grown and developed, drawing in a vast array of cultural and artistic influences to produce a rich and coherent heritage. A heritage that is always aware of its biblical antecedents and still strongly based on God's commandments to Moses to construct a Tabernacle in the desert. Magnificently illustrated, with much specially commissioned photography from around the world, this book provides a detailed and comprehensive picture of the synagogue and its decoration. Numerous metropolitan and provincial synagogues, from the flamboyantly Moorish to the sparsely contemporary, are represented as a monument to the art and architecture of Judaism.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-235) and index.
- Contents
- A morning in the synagogue -- Before the synagogue -- The ancient world -- The Gothic phase -- The Islamic symbiosis -- Renaissance and Baroque -- The old country -- The age of historicism -- The modern movement.
- ISBN
- 0714829323
- 9780714829326
- 0714843296
- 9780714843292
- LCCN
- 95233513
- OCLC
- ocm32660067
- 32660067
- SCSB-9003632
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library