Despite fears by early religious communities of art being used for idolatrous purposes, Jewish sacred art is recorded i throughout Jewish Antiquity and the Middle Ages. During the first centuries of the Common Era, Jewish religious art was created in regions surrounding the Mediterranean such as Syria and Greece, including frescoes on the walls of synagogues,[34] as well as the Jewish catacombs in Rome. Middle Age Rabbinical and Kabbalistic literature also contain textual and graphic art, most famously the illuminated haggadahs.
On 5/2/09 10:53 AM, "Michael Brady" <[email protected]> wrote: Saul wrote in a response. > Jewish liturgical sculpture There is such a thing? All such Jewish liturgical items I have seen are instruments related to the services--manorah, Torah scroll mantle, ark, and finials, and the like. I thought that graven images of any kind were prohibited in both Jewish and Islamic worship. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Michael Brady [email protected] -- ____________________________________________ Saul Ostrow | Visual Arts & Technologies Environment Chair, Sculpture Voice: 216-421-7927 | [email protected] | www.cia.edu<http://www.cia.edu/> The Cleveland Institute of Art | 11141 East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 44106
