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Painting of the Żólkiew Synagogue
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This painting exemplifies the decorative plaques that sometimes adorned the eastern walls of synagogues to commemorate the glory of the Temple in Jerusalem and indicate the direction of prayer. In…

Contributor:

Netanel Leichter

Places:

Lwow, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Lviv, Ukraine)

Date:

1898

Subjects:

Synagogue, Cities, Crafts, Jewish identity, Jerusalem, Architecture, Painting

Categories:

Painting, Architecture
Painting of building with two-tiered roof and Hebrew and Yiddish writing on bottom of page.
The Music Room of Fanny Hensel
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Fanny Hensel (1805–1847), the granddaughter of the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn and financier Daniel Itzig, and sister of the composer Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, was born in Hamburg into a wealthy…

Contributor:

Julius Helfft

Places:

Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (Berlin, Germany)

Date:

1849

Subjects:

Crafts, Art, Women, Music, Assimilation, Architecture, Painting

Categories:

Architecture, Painting
Painting of room featuring natural light, grand piano, and walls filled with pictures in gold frames.
Kupa Synagogue (Kraków)
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The ceiling and wall paintings in the baroque-style Kupa Synagogue in Kraków, which dates from 1643, were damaged during World War II and in a pogrom that occurred in August 1945 immediately following…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Kraków, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Kraków, Poland)

Date:

17th Century

Subjects:

Synagogue, Art, Painting, Cities, Community, Architecture

Categories:

Architecture, Painting
Photograph of building exterior with curved windows and gated courtyard to left.