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The Art and Artists of the Fifth Zionist Congress, 1901: Heralds of a New Age (Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music, and Art)
Gilya Schmidt
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Hardcover. Illuminating the Jewish art exhibition at the Fifth Zionist Congress in Basel, Switzerland, in 1901, this study looks at its contributions to art and Jewish history and culture. Cultural Zionism was for the first time included into the official agenda, an important step for the politics of Zionism. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 296 pages, 41 illustrations, glossary, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: ACX; JFC; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Martin Buber and friends successfully lobbied the congress for inclusion of cultural Zionism into the official agenda of the Zionist organization, resulting in the establishment of the Bezalel Art Institute in Jerusalem in 1905. In the first book of its kind, Gilya Gerda Schmidt places this art exhibition in the context of political Zionism as well as anti-Semitism. Jews had been denied the opportunity to be creative, and religious Zionists feared that Jewish culture would usurp religion within the Zionist movement. Hermann Struck, an artist and Orthodox Jew, became a founding member of the religious Zionist Party, further supporting Buber's ... Read more
Martin Buber and friends successfully lobbied the congress for inclusion of cultural Zionism into the official agenda of the Zionist organization, resulting in the establishment of the Bezalel Art Institute in Jerusalem in 1905. In the first book of its kind, Gilya Gerda Schmidt places this art exhibition in the context of political Zionism as well as anti-Semitism. Jews had been denied the opportunity to be creative, and religious Zionists feared that Jewish culture would usurp religion within the Zionist movement. Hermann Struck, an artist and Orthodox Jew, became a founding member of the religious Zionist Party, further supporting Buber's ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
Series
Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780815630302
SKU
V9780815630302
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