Language:
English
Pages:
192 Seiten
,
Ill.
Year of publication:
2000
Keywords:
Kunst
;
Marokko
;
Juden
Abstract:
The richness and complexity of Jewish culture in Morocco and the country's unique intermingling of Jewish and Muslim traditions have for centuries ensured an extraordinarily creative diversity. The varied art and culture of Moroccan Jewry is seen in this catalogue through several lenses: the works of Oriental artists, such as Delacroix, who made the Jews the subjects of their paintings; the intricate jewelry, metalwork, gold thread, and cloth created by the Jews themselves; and Jewish spiritual culture, as manifest in synagogues, in folklore and mysticism, and in pilgrimages to holy sites, many of which were shared with Muslim neighbors.
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