| Translated title | Images Are Not Forbidden. Works of Art since the Middle of the 19th Century with Selected Ritual Objects from the Period of the Enlightenment. An Exhibition from 28.8.–24.10. to Further the Dialogue Between Christians and Jews on the Occasion of the 87th German Catholic Congress in Düsseldorf 1982 |
| Editor & Curator |
Jürgen Harten. |
| Imprint |
Düsseldorf, Germany, 1982. 271 pp., illustrations: 49 col., 345 b&w, 29 × 24 cm. German. |
| Location |
Kunsthalle Düsseldorf (28 August–24 October 1982) |
| Description |
An exploration of multiple and diverse examples of Jewish and Christian art and ceremonial objects, and the relationship between them. Nine essays, including: “Jüdisches Kultgerät des 18. Jahrhunderts aus Deutschland” [18th-century Jewish Ceremonial Objects from Germany] (Chaya Benjamin) (pp. 68–79, and cat. nos. J1–J33); with enlightening Christian parallels presented in the following essay on ritual Church art (pp. 80–91); “Das alttestamentliche Bilderverbot und die Verwendung des Bildes im Judentum und im frühen Christentum” [The Old Testament Ban on Imagery and the Use of Images in Judaism and Early Christianity] (Hans Werner Bartsch) (pp. 106–111); and “Gab es jüdische Vor-Bilder der frühchristlichen Kunst?” [Were There Jewish Models for Early Christian Art?] (Heinrich Strauss) (pp. 118–122). Room-by-room presentation of objects. Catalog listing, with some objects described in great detail. 258 items. |
| main keywords |
CEREMONIAL OBJECTSJEWISH-CHRISTIAN RELATIONSPAINTINGSSYNAGOGUE TEXTILESTORAH ORNAMENTS |
| minor keywords |
BesamimBet AlphaChagall, MarcCircumcision cupsCircumcision implements/objectsDura EuroposGermanyGottlieb, MaurycyHanukkah lampsKeter TorahKiddush cupsLevite setsLilien, Ephraim M.Painters, JewishPaintings, biblical imagesPaintings, Jewish figuresPaintings, synagoguesRimmonimTassTorah Ark curtainsTorah bindersTorah mantlesYad |