| Translated title | To See and to Remember: Sacral Aesthetics of Jewish Visual Culture. Mizrachs, Shiviti, Amulets, Popular Prints, Portraits of Rabbis and Yahrzeit Tables in the Collection of the Museum of the Jewish History in Russia. |
| Curators |
Hillel (Gregory) Kazovsky, Boris Khaimovich, Maria Kaspina. |
| Imprint |
Moscow, Russia, 2012. 180 pp., illustrations: 175 col., 28.3 × 22.2 cm. Russian. |
| Location |
Museum of the Jewish History in Russia (21 September–14 October 2012) |
| Description |
Europe’s largest collection of Jewish folk art, exhibited for the first time, and reflecting the visual culture of Russian Jewry and aesthetics of their traditional everyday life. Material presented in 7 sections, each with introductory essay, largely according to type of object (mizrachs, shiviti, amulets, prints, postcards, etc.). Numerous illustrations. Brief descriptive entries. 160 items. |
| Description |
The exhibition was held in the building of the Rudomino Russian State Library of Foreign Literature. |
| main keywords |
AMULETS |
| minor keywords |
Adar plaques |
