| Curators |
Sharon Liberman Mintz, Havva Charm, Elka Deitsch. |
| Imprint |
New York City, USA, 2002. 127 pp., illustrations: 102 col., 22 × 21 cm. English. |
| ISBN |
0873340892 |
| Location |
Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America (12 December 2002–31 March 2003) |
| Description |
A catalog issued in conjunction with the exhibition “Culture and Costume: Depictions of Jewish Dress Across Five Centuries”. The publication includes four exhibitions from the Library’s Print Collection that were held between 1999–2003: |
| Description |
1. Sanctuary and Synagogue: The Experience of the Portuguese and Ashkenazic Jews in Amsterdam (12 August–8 December 2002). Amsterdam’s Sephardic and Ashkenazic communities as seen through 17th and 18th-C prints of their respective synagogues. The prints document the structures themselves (exterior and interior), as well as the customs and ceremonies they housed. Introductory text. Detailed descriptive entries. 19 items. |
| Description |
2. Visions of Glory: Engraved Portraits of Jewish Personalities, 1600–1900 (14 March–20 August 1999). Portraits of religious, political, theatrical and various other personalities. Introductory text. Detailed descriptive entries. 23 items. [#1574] |
| Description |
3. From Eve to Esther: Images of Women in Biblical Prints (24 August–17 December 1999). European and American prints and drawings, 16th–19th C, showing women of the Bible. Introductory text. 23 items. [#1263] |
| Description |
4. Culture and Costume: Depictions of Jewish Dress Across Five Centuries (12 December 2002–31 March 2003). 15th–19th-C prints that show how travelers and artists represented Jewish modes of dress and ways of life. Detailed descriptive entries. 30 items. [#1724, #1870] |
| main keywords |
AMSTERDAMBIBLICAL IMAGESCOSTUMECUSTOMS & CEREMONIESPORTRAITSPORTRAITS, RABBISPRINTSSYNAGOGUESWOMEN |
| minor keywords |
EuropeNetherlandsNorth AfricaOttoman EmpirePrints, biblical imagesPrints, costumePrints, Jewish customs & ceremoniesPrints, womenPrints, synagogues |