The Elusive Line between Ornament and Meaning

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23 août 2021

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medievalJewishStudiesNow!

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Hypothèses : carnets de recherches en Sciences humaines et sociales

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Jewish people Judaists Judaic people Jewry Israelites Hebrews Painting, Decorative Design, Decorative Ornament Decorative design Decorative art Art, Decorative Nature in ornament

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Andreas Lehnertz, « The Elusive Line between Ornament and Meaning », medievalJewishStudiesNow!, ID : 10.58079/rhdu

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by Julie Harris For the last twenty years or so, I have worked on illuminated books made for Iberian Jews. One of the most enduring themes in my research is the “impulse to illuminate” and the tensions generated by that impulse. We all know by now that medieval Jews made and enjoyed art, and that interpretation of and adherence to the Second Commandment was historically fluid. In Iberia, we observe a collision between two visual languages: the Islamicate language of abstract ornament an...

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