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A Jewish Tailor
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A Jewish Tailor is one of Mark Antokolski’s earliest sculptures, created while he was still a student at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts. The work appeared in an era of liberalization of tsarist…

Contributor:

Mark Antokolski

Places:

St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (Saint Petersburg, Russia)

Date:

1864

Subjects:

Art, Diaspora, Poverty, Economic life, Ashkenazi

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Decorative Arts, Sculpture
Wood-carving of a man in skullcap examining an object in his hands.
Religion Is an Obstacle to the Five-Year Plan
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This poster, designed by an unknown artist, presents in a clear, graphic manner the goal of the Soviet campaign to eradicate religious life. The texts in Yiddish emphasize the need to bring an end to…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

USSR (Russia)

Date:

1923–1933

Subjects:

Print, Education, Economic life, Modernity, Labor

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Cartooning & Graphic Art
Poster with man swinging hammer toward hands holding crucifix, Hebrew Bible, and Torah scroll, with captions in Yiddish.