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March 19, 2008
Edward van Voolen My Grandparents, My Parents and I: Jewish Art and Culture Munich: Prestel, 2005. 192 pp.; 200 color ills.; 60 b/w ills. Cloth $60.00 (9783791333625)
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Jewish art poses a perennial problem of definition, just like Jewish identity. Inevitably the question arises about whether an artist has to be considered Jewish, and even what that might mean: is it a matter of ethnicity or of religion? Additionally, many early Jewish contributions to visual culture lie entirely outside any identification of an artistic hand; rather, they are defined chiefly through their location and function, usually as decorations within a ritual context of...