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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 objects, Synagogue, Jewish quarters, Aesthetics, Assimilation

Categories:

Architecture, Ritual Objects
Wooden Torah ark decorated with carvings, columns, and capitals, flanked by two similarly decorated chairs.
White Fence
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Around the time that Paul Strand took this photograph, he wrote an essay on photography that called for developing an original American art “without the outside influence of Paris art schools.” This…

Contributor:

Paul Strand

Places:

New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)

Date:

1916

Subjects:

Assimilation, Aesthetics, Modernity, Class, Abstract expressionism

Categories:

Photography
Photograph of fence in foreground and two houses in background.