| Editor & Curator |
Vivian B. Mann. |
| Imprint |
New York City, USA, 1989. 354 pp., illustrations: 100 col., 71 b&w, 27.3 × 23.5 cm. English. |
| ISBN |
0520068254 |
| Location |
Jewish Museum New York (17 September 1989–1 February 1990) |
| Description |
The rich artistic legacy of Italian Jewry. Foreword by Tullia Zevi. Preface by Primo Levi. Eight essays, including “The Arts of Jewish Italy” (Vivian B. Mann), “Jewish Art and Culture in Ancient Rome” (Richard Brilliant), “Hebrew Illuminated Manuscripts from Italy” (Evelyn Cohen), “Jewish Ceremonial Art in the Era of the City States and Ghettos” (Dora Liscia Bemporad), and “A Century of Jewish Artists in Italy” (Emily Braun). Catalog listing arranged according to historical period. Detailed descriptive entries. 339 items. |
| main keywords |
ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDS |
| minor keywords |
Afikoman covers/bags |
| Related ephemera |
Exhibition review: Avrin, Leila, “Jews in Italics”, Hadassah Magazine, November 1989, pp. 52–56, 3 col. illus. |
| Other venue |
Palazzo dei Diamanti, Ferrara, Italy (18 March–17 June 1990) |
| Catalog from other venue |
