Vivian B Mann
Biographic Data
| ID | 5693018 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vivian B Mann |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vivian B |
| FAMILY NAME | Mann |
| SIGNATURE | MANN V B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Jewish Theological Seminary |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Gardens and Ghettos
The Arts of Jewish Italy
Sara Lipton. Dark Mirror
In the interests of disclosure, I want to state that I write this review as an art historian whose opinions are informed by the methodologies of that discipline. In particular, although art history may consider contemporaneous texts in explicating a work of art, primary to art-historical analysis is the work itself and its relationship to previous artworks that may have served as models. It is only with an understanding of the artistic traditions…
Illuminated Haggadot from Medieval Spain
Imagining the Self, Imagining the Other
Reviewed by: Imagining the Self, Imagining the Other: Visual Representation and Jewish-Christian Dynamics in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period Vivian B. Mann Frojmovic, Eva , ed. Imagining the Self, Imagining the Other: Visual Representation and Jewish-Christian Dynamics in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period. Cultures, Beliefs and Traditions 15. Leiden: Brill, 2002. Pp. xxii + 242. This composite volume is the fruit of a session on the…
The Arts of Jewish Italy
Gardens and Ghettos
Jews arrived in the Republic of Rome some time in the second or first century B.C.E. They soon formed their own community which absorbed Roman cultural forms but was able to maintain its identity and integrity. For more than twenty centuries, the Italian peninsula has been home to the heirs of this ancient minority community, whose culture is a blend of traditional Jewish content with Roman, then Italian cultural forms. Gardens and Ghettos: The A…
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The Arts of Jewish Italy
Gardens and Ghettos
Jews arrived in the Republic of Rome some time in the second or first century B.C.E. They soon formed their own community which absorbed Roman cultural forms but was able to maintain its identity and integrity. For more than twenty centuries, the Italian peninsula has been home to the heirs of this ancient minority community, whose culture is a blend of traditional Jewish content with Roman, then Italian cultural forms. Gardens and Ghettos: The A…
Imagining the Self, Imagining the Other
Reviewed by: Imagining the Self, Imagining the Other: Visual Representation and Jewish-Christian Dynamics in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period Vivian B. Mann Frojmovic, Eva , ed. Imagining the Self, Imagining the Other: Visual Representation and Jewish-Christian Dynamics in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period. Cultures, Beliefs and Traditions 15. Leiden: Brill, 2002. Pp. xxii + 242. This composite volume is the fruit of a session on the…
Illuminated Haggadot from Medieval Spain
Sara Lipton. Dark Mirror
In the interests of disclosure, I want to state that I write this review as an art historian whose opinions are informed by the methodologies of that discipline. In particular, although art history may consider contemporaneous texts in explicating a work of art, primary to art-historical analysis is the work itself and its relationship to previous artworks that may have served as models. It is only with an understanding of the artistic traditions…
Gardens and Ghettos
The Arts of Jewish Italy
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