In Poland and abroad – Jewish artists, travelers, and emigrants in the 20th century – 1st. part. WNHS-HS-WMA
The classes aim to acquaint participants with the following topics related to the vision of Palestine/the Land of Israel in European art at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, manifested in particular in the work of Polish-Jewish painters:
CLASS TOPICS:
1. Organizational matters – discussion of the syllabus, grading criteria, grading scale, test scope, distribution of speeches for the next lecture.
2.The vision of the Holy Land in 19th-century Christian European painting. Artistic journeys to Palestine – the first artists and their works.
3.The Land of Israel in Jewish religious art – modern and contemporary iconography and its sources.
4. Haskalah and the beginnings of secular Jewish art; the most important artistic circles, the most important trends in art.
5. Artistic journeys to Palestine. The vision of the Land of Israel in the paintings of Polish-Jewish artists from the 19th century to 1939.
6. In the circle of Zionism, the Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts, and the search for Jewish national art.
7. Polish-Jewish artists in Israel – selected examples.
8. Online credit colloquium.
The classes include a lecture illustrated with a presentation and film material. Students are required to read the assigned text (during the previous class), and volunteers are asked to give a short presentation/commentary on the issues raised in the text (1-3 people within 15 minutes of class time). All texts are available in MTeams.
(in Polish) Dyscyplina naukowa, do której odnoszą się efekty uczenia się
(in Polish) E-Learning
(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych
Subject level
Learning outcome code/codes
Type of subject
Preliminary Requirements
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
1. Participants in the lecture have a basic knowledge of the significance of Jewish cultural heritage in Poland and Europe in the humanities and are aware of its subject-specific and methodological characteristics.
2. Students have a structured basic knowledge of the types, functions, and meanings of secular Jewish art iconography related to the depiction of the Land of Israel.
3. Knows and understands the methods of interpreting Jewish art objects and the terminology specific to it. Understands the influence of historical and cultural conditions on art and its meaning.
4. Is aware of the complexity of issues related to Jewish art and the need to study it in the context of European and Middle Eastern culture.
5. Knows institutions that study issues related to Jewish art.
6. Is able to construct a logical written and oral statement in English on the subject of Jewish art at level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
The student workload comprises 45 [90] hours [1 hour x 2 for foreign language classes] = 3 ECTS: 15 [30] hours monographic lecture + 30 [60] hours: 15 [30] hours - reading and analysis of primary literature and preparing a short presentation on an article indicated by thelecturer; 15 [30] hours preparation for a credit colloquium.
Assessment criteria
REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPLETING THE COURSE:
- attendance in class - max 30 pts / one absence allowed, further absences "cost" minus 4 pts each
- short speech/comment on an article indicated by the lecturer for those who want to improve their grade or obtain a grade of 5.0 - max 10 points
- passing the colloquium - max 60 points, 36 points pass.
SEMESTER GRADE - MAX 100 PTS [60 PTS PASS].
- attendance in class - max 30 pts
- short speech/comment on an article indicated by the lecturer - max 10 points
- passing the colloquium - max 60 pts, minimum 36 pts.
Grading scale: 60-75 = 3,0 / 76-79 = 3,5 / 80-90 = 4,0 / 91-94 = 4,5 / 95-100 = 5,0
Practical placement
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Bibliography
COMPULSORY LITERATURE:
Ben–Arieh Y., Painting the Holy Land In the Nineteenth Century, Israel 1997.
Brus-Malinowska B., Malinowski J., Katalog dzieł artystów polskich i żydowskich z Polski w muzeach Izraela, Warszawa 2017, English version, wybrane tematy.
Burgess L. A., Crafting a Jewish Style: The Art of Bezalel 1906-1996, Montgomery Living, t. 5, nr 7, 2000, s. 48-49.
Cripps K. , Thomas Cook: A history of one of the world’s oldest travel firms [online], CNN Travel, https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/thomas-cook-history-timeline/index.html
Czekanowska-Gutman M., Reclaiming Biblical Heroines: Portrayals of Judith, Esther and the Shulamite in Early Twentieth Century Jewish Art , Leiden 2022.
Gadomska I., ‘ Building the “New Jerusalem”: Jewish Artistic Patronage in Łódź’, 1880–1907, 2018.
Goldman-Ida B., Boris Schatz, Abel Pann and the Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts in Jerusalem, “Menotyra”, t. 27, nr 1, 2020, s. 71-86.
‘Hirszenberg Brothers: in Search of the Promised Land’, Łódź-Warszawa 2017, wybrane zagadnienia.
Manor D., Biblical Zionism in Bezalel Art, w: Israel Studies, t. 6, nr 1, 2001, s. 55-75, https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/article/14460/pdf (dostęp 10.11.2024).
Rajner M., Cohen R. I., ‘Invoking Samuel Hirszenberg’s artistic Legacy—encountering Exile’, Brill N.V. 2015.
Simferovska A. O., Jewish Painter between Reform, Judaism, and Zionism: Wachtel’s Portrait of Abraham Kohn
Swarts L. M., Gender, Orientalism and the Jewish Nation: Women in the work of Ephraim Moses Lilien at the German Find de Siècle, Bloomsbery 2020.
Tarnowska M.: Jerozolima i odrodzenie narodowe w malarstwie Leopolda Pilichowskiego (1869-1934), Collocquia orientalia bialostocensia. Żydzi Wschodniej Polski. Jerozolima: miasto i mit, red. A. Janicka, J. Ławski, D. K. Sikorski, Białystok 2022, seria 10, s. 111-133.
Tarnowska M., Myths of the Orient, Zionism and Israel in the Painting of Adolf Berman (1876 - 1943), “Kwartalnik Historii Żydów /Jewish History Quarterly” 2015, nr 1(253), s. 110 – 123.
Tarnowska M., Pilgrimage Souvenirs in the Collection of the Commissariat of the Holy Land of the Franciscan Order in Cracow, “Series Byzantina”, t. 3, Warszawa 2005, s. 89-95.
Tarnowska M., Palestine – the Paintings of Jewish – Polish Artists in the End of XIX and XX Century, “Kwartalnik ŻIH IN-B”, Warszawa 2002, nr 1, s. 78-87. https://cbj.jhi.pl/documents/1038807/79/
As well as articles in English indicated by the lecturer to be studied by the students for improve their knowledge.
NOTE!
All positions in the core literature can be found in the MTEAMS or in the Internet via links.
MTEAMS:
https://teams.microsoft.com/l/team/19%3AIdpTE7oqzgPjVfI4LJLqbB07wdr7g-utkNOejd4-Apg1%40thread.tacv2/conversations?groupId=ce65236f-1ae4-4265-861d-fe303d05605f&tenantId=12578430-c51b-4816-8163-c7281035b9b3
ADDITIONAL LITERATURE:
Domański M., Ze studiów nad malarstwem lwowskim w XIX wieku. Franciszek Tomasz Tepa i jego krąg, Lublin1985.
Jewish artists and Central-Eastern Europe: art centers, identity, heritage from the 19th century to the Second World War: the First Congress of Jewish Art in Poland, ed. by J. Malinowski, R. Piątkowska, T. Sztyma-Knasiecka, Warszawa 2010.
Górenowicz M. A., Ciągliński Jan, w: Polski Petersburg, https://www.polskipetersburg.pl/hasla/ciaglinki-jan, (dostęp: 15.12.2024).
Kamczycki A., Syjonizm i sztuka. Ikonografia Theodora Herzla, Poznań-Gniezno 2014.
Malinowski J., Malarstwo i rzeźba Żydów Polskich w XIX i XX wieku, Warszawa 2000, s. 102-105, s. 92-98.
Piątkowska R., ‘A Sense of Togetherness: The Jewish Society for the Encouragement of the Fine Arts in Warsaw (1923-1939)’.
Orientalizm w malarstwie, rysunku i grafice w Polsce w XIX i I. połowie XX wieku, red. A. Kozak, T. Majda, MNW, Warszawa 2008.
Puzio M., Wilhelma Wachtla Pożegnanie z Golusem, „Modus. Prace z historii sztuki”, t. 20, 2020, s. 241-267.
Shilo-Cohen N., Bezalel 1906 – 1929, Jerusalem 1983.
Styrna N., Artyści żydowscy w Krakowie 1873-1939, katalog wystawy / Jewish artists in Kraków 1873-1939, exhibition catalogue, Kraków 2008.
The exhibition catalogue: ‘The Past World Paintings of Jewish artists, 27 August, 2004 - 4 September, 2004’, Rynek Sztuki Gallery, 69 Wschodnia Str., Lodz.
Jewish Life Cycle Customs:
- http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/tradition - “Tradition”
- http://www.jewfaq.org/tocevents.htm - Life Cycle - Birth and the First Month of Life, Bar Mitzvah, Bat Mitzvah, and Confirmation, Marriage, Divorce, Life, Death, and Mourning, Olam Ha-Ba: The Afterlife
- http://www.shiva.com/learning-center/commemorate/jewish-holidays - Shabbat, Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret, Simchat Torah, Hanukkah, Purim, Passover, Shavuot, Tish’a B’Av.
Additional information
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