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Christ Preaching at Capernaum
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Maurycy Gottlieb saw his art as essential to his universalist vision, namely, as a way to improve Polish-Jewish relations. As he said, “I am a Jew and a Pole and, God willing, I want to serve both.”…

Contributor:

Maurycy Gottlieb

Places:

Rome, Kingdom of Italy (Rome, Italy)

Date:

1878–1879

Subjects:

Painting, Art, Christianity, Assimilation, Christian-Jewish relations

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Decorative Arts, Painting
Painting of crowd in rows looking at figure standing at podium.
Ark and Two Cathedrae
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This wooden Torah ark and its two cathedrae (chairs), from the Scuola Grande Synagogue in Mantua, Italy, date from 1543. Decorated with gilt carvings and architectural elements, they were meant to…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Mantua, Duchy of Mantua (Mantova, Italy)

Date:

1543

Subjects:

Ritual object, Synagogue, Jewish quarters, Aesthetics, Assimilation

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Architecture, Ritual Objects
Wooden Torah ark decorated with carvings, columns, and capitals, flanked by two similarly decorated chairs.