Name: Resplendent Synagogue: Architecture and Worship in an Eighteenth-Century Polish Community
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Author: Hubka, Thomas C. ; Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, Barbara ; Kravtsov, Sergey
ISBN: 9781684581337

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Resplendent Synagogue: Architecture and Worship in an Eighteenth-Century Polish Community

Type

Physical Book

Author

Thomas C. Hubka

Preface by

Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett

Epilogue by

Sergey Kravtsov

Publisher

Brandeis University Press

Year

2022

Language

English

Pages

264

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

27.7 x 21.6 x 1.8 cm

Weight

1.02 kg.

ISBN13

9781684581337

Synopsis "Resplendent Synagogue: Architecture and Worship in an Eighteenth-Century Polish Community"

This unique exploration of a lost religious and cultural artifact breathes new life into a forgotten but fascinating aspect of eighteenth-century Polish Jewry. Thomas C. Hubka, an architectural historian, immersed himself in medieval and early modern Jewish history, religion, and culture to prepare for this remarkable study of the eighteenth-century Polish synagogue in the town of Gwozdziec, now in present-day Ukraine. Because the Gwozdziec Synagogue, like so many others, was destroyed by the Nazis, this book revives a spiritual community lost to history. Hubka selected the Gwozdziec Synagogue because of the completeness of its photographic and historical records. Graced with nearly two hundred historical photographs, architectural drawings, maps, diagrams, and color illustrations, Resplendent Synagogue vividly recreates the spiritual heart of a once-vibrant Jewish population. Hubka demonstrates that while the architectural exterior of the synagogue was largely the product of non-Jewish, regional influences, the interior design and elaborate wall-paintings signified a distinctly Jewish art form. The collaboration of Jewish and Gentile builders, craftsmen, and artists in the creation of this magnificent wooden structure attests to an eighteenth-century period of relative prosperity and communal well-being for the Jews of Gwozdziec. Part of a tradition that was later abandoned by Eastern European Jewish communities in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, this truly resplendent synagogue exemplified a high point in Jewish architectural art and religious painting.

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