| Author |
A. Sokolova. |
| Collection |
Museum of Petersburg, Jewish Historical-Ethnographic Society |
| Imprint |
St. Petersburg, Russia, 2007. 46 pp. (vol. 1), 38 pp. (vol. 2), illustrations: 50 b&w (vol. 1), 36 b&w (vol. 2), 22.5 × 24 cm. English. |
| Location |
Photo-archive of An-sky’s expeditions, 1, 2 |
| Description |
European University at St. Petersburg, “Petersburg Judaica” Center (11 May–9 September 2007) |
| Description |
Photographs of Jewish sites taken during An-sky’s ethnographic exhibitions, 1912–1914. An-sky intended to assemble these and many other images into a luxurious artistic photo album, which would “form the foundation of Jewish ethnographic scholarship, the mission of which was to play a major role for the flowering of Jewish culture, literature, and art”. The album was never published. Volume 1: Introductory essay and photographs of stone synagogues. Volume 2: photographs of wooden synagogues, ordinary streets, and cemeteries and tombstones. Includes DVD with all photographs. 92 items. |
| Description |
This was the fourth in a series of exhibitions that endeavored to show, through archival photographs from the Museum of Petersburg Jewish Historical-Ethnographic Society (kept in the archives of the “Petersburg Judaica” Center), the world of the shtetl on the eve of its destruction. For the other 3 exhibitions in this series, see: #1850, #1851, and #1852. |
| main keywords |
AN-SKY (SHLOYME RAPOPORT)CEMETERIESPHOTOGRAPHSRUSSIA/SOVIET UNIONSHTETLSSYNAGOGUESSYNAGOGUES, MASONRYSYNAGOGUES, WOODENTOMBSTONESUKRAINE |
| minor keywords |
Cemeteries, Russia/Soviet UnionSynagogues, Russia/Soviet UnionSynagogues, wall paintingsTombstones, Russia/Soviet Union |