Uneasy Communion Jews, Christians, and the Altarpieces of Medieval Spain
Edited by Vivian B. Mann. Essays by Marcus B. Burke, Carmen Lacarra Ducay, Thomas F. Glick and Vivian B. Mann
Published by GILES in association with the Museum of Biblical Art, New York
Release Date — April 2010 (UK and USA)
Dimensions — 176 pages, 305 x 229mm (9 x 12in.), portrait
Illustrations — Up to 70 colour and 10 b&w illustrations
Hardback price — UK£39.95/US$55.00
ISBN — 1-904832-70-9
ISBN — 978-1-904832-70-6
Book Details (pdf) — UNCOMM-AI-LR.pdf
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Press Release — An extraordinary moment of artistic collaboration
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A fascinating investigation into the position of the Jewish community in Spain and the complex role it played in wider Aragonese society at this time, against the backdrop of rising antisemitism and the growth of the Inquisition
Features a glossary and a selected bibliography
Accompanies the exhibition running at MOBIA February 19 through May 30, 2010
About the Book
Published in conjunction with the exhibition Uneasy Communion: Jews, Christians, and the Altarpieces of Medieval Spain, this volume provides a fascinating study of the iconography of altarpieces and the artistic collaboration between Jews and Christians. In the multi-cultural society of late medieval Spain, Jewish and Christian artists worked together to produce retablos (large multi-paneled altarpieces) as well as Latin and Hebrew religious manuscripts.
The authors of this highly illustrated volume explore the methods of imagery, workshop locations and shop styles, and the relationship between Christians and Jews at this time, including their portrayal of one another through dress and appearance. The essays featured in this volume take us on a journey from the general to the particular, and include a study of Jewish communities within Spanish society of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries by Thomas F. Glick, a survey of the painting of the period by Carmen Lacarra Ducay, an examination of specific artworks that address the issue of Jewish–Christian relationships by Vivian B. Mann, and a historiography of scholarship on Jewish involvement in the creation of Spanish medieval art by Marcus B. Burke.
