The Torah Ark in Renaissance Poland: A Jewish Revival of Classical Antiquity

by Ilia Rodov

The volume explores the stone carved shrines for the scrolls of the Mosaic Law from the mid-sixteenth to the mid-seventeenth century synagogues in the former Polish Kingdom. Created on the margin of mainstream art and at a crossroad of diverse cultures, artistic traditions, aesthetic attitudes and languages, these indoor architectural structures have hitherto not been the subject of a monographic study. Revisiting and integrating multiple sources,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004242848
• ISBN13: 9789004242845
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.4"