The Visual Dimension

This book looks at art historical explorations, matters of archival legitimacy, the survival of fakes and forgeries and many other aspects of Jewish art. It commemorates the life and work of Isaiah Shachar through the medium of papers given at the first international conference on Jewish art.

Clare Moore

Preface -- Yeshayahu Shachar: An Appreciation -- Is There a Jewish Art? -- A Contribution to the Discussion "Is There a Jewish Art?" -- The Continuation of Ancient Jewish Art in the Middle Ages -- 3 The Iconography of the Hebrew Psalter from the Thirteenth to the Fifteenth Century -- The Architecture of the Synagogue in Neoclassicism and Historicism -- Foolishness, Fakes, and Forgeries in Jewish Art -- The Case for a Central Archives of Jewish Art -- Commission Française Des Archives Juives -- COMMISSION FRANÇAISE DES ARCHIVES JUIVES - Inventaire d'Art et d'Archéologie -- COMMISSION FRANÇAISE DES ARCHIVES JUIVES - Inventaire d'Art et d'Archéologie -- COMMISSION FRANÇAISE DES ARCHIVES JUIVES - Inventaire d'Art et d'Archéologie -- Introduction to the Catalog of the Bodleian Library Exhibition -- Catalog of Illuminated Hebrew Manuscripts Exhibited in the Bodleian Library, August-September 19771 -- Isaiah Shachar: Curriculum Vitae