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Facing the New World features important paintings by distinguished American artists such as Gilbert Stuart, Thomas Sully, Charles Willson Peale, John ...Show synopsisFacing the New World features important paintings by distinguished American artists such as Gilbert Stuart, Thomas Sully, Charles Willson Peale, John Wesley Jarvis, and Ralph Earl. There are portraits by unknown folk-artists and some comparative paintings of non-Jewish subjects, including a work by Joshua Johnson, an accomplished African-American painter active in the Baltimore area. The book also shows examples of early American drawings, silhouettes, decorative arts, and Jewish ritual objects. In a groundbreaking discussion, Richard Brilliant identifies the European models of representation that artists drew upon in their portraits of Jewish sitters, demonstrating how the self is portrayed by means of cultural roles and images, and how imagery and other modes of representation evolved over time. Ellen Smith explores the tension between Jewish self-representation is portraits and the social reality of early American Jewish life. She reads the portraits as social documents, forming part of the larger material world of early American. Smith captures the texture of everyday family life and the Jewish community's relationship with the larger society, documented by diaries, letters, business records, and domestics objects that have survived to this day.Hide synopsis
Description:Near Fine. 3791318632. Light soiling to bottom edge.; Color and...Near Fine. 3791318632. Light soiling to bottom edge.; Color and b/w illustrations. Due to size of book, ships within United States only, and only by media rate mail.; 4to 11"-13" tall; 112 pp.
Description:VG/NONE. Softcover format with minor cover shelfwear; pages...VG/NONE. Softcover format with minor cover shelfwear; pages tight, clean, unmarked.;
Description:VG. Catalogue lists 87 works by 32 artists. Several essays...VG. Catalogue lists 87 works by 32 artists. Several essays precede the annotated plates of works in the exhibition. Notes, bibliography. Wraps. 112 pp. 96 bw, 16 color plates.
Description:Fine. B0018PJLTC The Jewish Museum; NY, 1997. Paperback. First...Fine. B0018PJLTC The Jewish Museum; NY, 1997. Paperback. First edition. Fine, trace rubbing to covers but unread, in Pictorial Wraps. 111pp, Quarto [4to or appx 9. '' x 11'']. Illustrated with numerous colour and b&w photographs. We pack securely and ship daily w/delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.
