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OUT OF STOCK Camille Pissarro: Impressions of City and Country Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) was a ceaseless innovator whose ideological concerns were as profound as his aesthetic interests. This book examines how Pissarro’s artistic theories and social convictions influenced his Impressionist and Neo Impressionist work. Pissarro espoused an anti-bourgeois, anarchist ideology and was interested in the plight of the working classes. The book examines recurring motifs in Pissarro’s work as intellectual metaphors, as well as his background as a Sephardic Jew who was involved in many of the political and class issues of the period. The text also looks at Pissarro as a painter who identified with laborers and agriculture, exploring connections between his subject and the ‘dirty’ nature of his painterly technique. Featuring a wide selection of superb paintings from private collections, many rarely seen, this beautifully illustrated book reveals the genius of an artist keenly focused on his natural surroundings and the lives of common folk. PAINTING 2007, 8.5 x 8.5 inches, 96 pp., 76 color illus. Softcover, ISBN 9780300124798, ISBN-13: 9780300124798 code: jm imp G-8

OUT OF STOCK Max Liebermann: From Realism to Impressionism Max Liebermann (1847-1935), the leading artist in Germany from the early 1890s until the Nazi takeover in 1933, was known later in his career for his singular approach to Impressionism. Initially a realist painter, his work at times moved into the more abstract realm of ‘pure painting’, which earned him the moniker, “Manet of the Germans.” Liebermann, a self-assured cultural leader and the descendent of a successful German-Jewish family, was a celebrity in his own day. He was president of the Berlin Secession from 1898 until 1910 and, during the Weimar Republic, served as president of the Prussian Academy of Art from 1920 until 1932. This first English-language publication on Liebermann looks beyond the factual details of his life and work to explore the virtuosity of his art. Essays by German and American scholars provide creative new ways of understanding and interpreting Liebermann and the times in which he lived. PAINTING 2005, 9 x 10 inches, 231 pages, 62 color and b&w illus Softcover, ISBN 0970429568, ISBN-13: 9780970429568 code: jm max F-8

OUT OF STOCK Jewish Identity Project: New American Photography While American Jews are commonly considered a homogenous ethnic group, the reality today is far more complex. Conversion, adoption, intermarriage, and immigration have transformed the fabric of Jewish communities, as they have the United States as a nation. This fascinating book explores questions of American Jewish identity and how Jews fit today into larger discourses of race, ethnicity, and religion. Featuring ten photographic and video projects by emerging and mid-career artists, all commissioned by The Jewish Museum, the book presents a range of provocative discussions of the nature of Jewish identity in 21st-century America. Susan Chevlowe discusses how the artists explore individual communities to dispel stereotypes of contemporary Jewish life, and Ilan Stavans dissects the diversity of American Jews over the last century. In illuminating interviews with the artists, Joanna Lindenbaum provides insights into their ideas and methods. A beautifully illustrated portfolio of each of the commissioned works immerses the viewer in a distinctive community, revealing complex and often surprising ways in which Jewish Americans grapple with their identity. CONTEMPORARY ART/ PHOTOGRAPHY 2005, 10 x 11 inches, 232 pp, 37 b&w and 138 color illus Softcover, ISBN 0300109164, ISBN-13: 9780300109160 code: jm id G-8

OUT OF STOCK Luminous Art: Hanukkah Menorahs of The Jewish Museum This book showcases a magnificent array of more than 100 Hanukkah menorahs from the collection of The Jewish Museum and introduces its readers to the history and craft of these masterpieces of Jewish ceremonial art. Ranging across centuries and continents, the lamps shed light on the Jewish tradition that produced them. Each Hanukkah lamp is presented with a short overview examining social context and ritual uses as well as each lamp’s innovative forms and pecularities. CEREMONIAL ART 2004, 9 x 12 inches, 256 pp, color and b&w images Hardcover, ISBN 0300103875, ISBN-13: 0780300103878 code: jm lum G-7

OUT OF STOCK Writing a Modern Jewish History In this insightful book, an eclectic and distinguished group of writers explore the Jewish experience in the Americas and celebrate the legacy of Salo Wittmayer Baron (1895–1989), a preeminent scholar who revolutionized the study of Jewish history during his lengthy tenure at Columbia University. JEWISH HISTORY 2006, 7 x 10 inches, 127 pp, 17 b&w images ISBN 0300106777, ISBN-13: 9780300106770 code: jm mod G-8

OUT OF STOCK Bridges and Boundaries: African Americans and American Jews This book includes fifteen critical essays by leading historians, scholars, and political and religious figures of this century providing historical overviews of the relationships between African Americans and American Jews. They also represent the diverse attitudes within the two groups, and reflect the multiple voices that have themselves shaped these attitudes. A visual essay linking texts and images of more than one hundred works of art and artifacts, first seen in an exhibit at The Jewish Museum, to explore the historical “places” at which the paths of African Americans and American Jews have crossed in meaningful ways during this century is included in this book. AMERICAN HISTORY 1992, 10 x 8 inches, 271 pp, 104 b&w images Softcover, ISBN 0807612804 code: jm brd G-8

OUT OF STOCK From Court Jews to the Rothschilds: Art, Patronage, and Power 1600-1800 From Court Jews to the Rothschilds considers a period of tremendous change in European history in which nascent capitalism replaced the old economic order and the social structure of Jewish communities changed radically. The content of the exhibition and this accompanying publication ranges from the colorful stories of Jewish individuals appointed for particular service by rulers, to the culture of entire communities that developed around the courts. The art, artifacts, and documents reflect the emergence of an elite Jewish class spanning across Europe over a period of two hundred years. JEWISH HISTORY 1996, 9 x 11 inches, 251 pp, color and b&w images Softcover, ISBN: 3791316249 code: jm roth F-8

 

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