The Hidden Message of the Hares in the Talons of the Eagle
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12013190 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bracha Yaniv (Bar-Ilan University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 281-294 |
| Publication date | 2012-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | AJS Review The Journal of the Association for Jewish Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0364-0094 • E-ISSN: 1475-4541 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0364009412000190 |
| OpenAlex | W2143027200 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 5 |
When in 1714 the artist Israel ben Mordecai Liśnicki from Jaryczów painted the interior of the wooden synagogue of Chodorów, today in the L'viv (Polish, Lwów) region of western Ukraine, he did not know that one of his paintings would be the subject of divergent interpretations by art historians some three hundred years later. The controversy centers around the depiction of an eagle grasping in its talons two hares trying to escape outward. The hares are grasped by the neck (fig. 1). This depiction, located in the center of the ceiling, is surrounded by a decorative medallion inscribed with the verse “Like an eagle who rouses his nestlings, gliding down to his young, so did He spread His wings and take him, bear him along on His talons” (Deuteronomy 32:11). In the background are the twelve signs of the zodiac
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Art history · Depiction · Eagle · Inscribed figure · Painting · Visual arts · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Historical and Linguistic Studies · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Geology · Paleontology
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |