Jewish art of the 19th and 20th centuries – selected issues. WNHS-HS-WMA1

The aim of the lectures is to familiarize students with phenomena occurring in religious art (iconography of synagogue decorations, architecture and functions of the Reform synagogue, architectural styles) and secular art created by Polish in Poland and Europe in the 19th and first half of the 20th century, and their relationship with European culture during the Industrial Revolution and its socio-political changes, as well as the first half of the 20th century – creative, national pursuits materializing in the activities of the Jewish avant-garde – the Jung Idysz, Jung Wilne, Chaliastre, in the work of artists associated with post-impressionism and cubism in the Paris School circle (Leopold Gottlieb, Roman Kramsztyk, Eugeniusz Zak, and others), the work of Marc Chagall, the work of famous sculptors – Henryk Kuna, Henryk Glicestein, Abraham Ostrzega, the art of the Holocaust era (Felix Nussbaum and others) and the reception of the Holocaust in the works of artists who survived, including Alexander Bogen, Henryk Hechtkopf, and Halina Ołomucka.
The course consists of 15 hours (7.5 meetings) of lectures illustrated with presentations and film material.

(in Polish) Dyscyplina naukowa, do której odnoszą się efekty uczenia się

art studies

(in Polish) E-Learning

(in Polish) E-Learning (pełny kurs) z podziałem na grupy

(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych

(in Polish) nie dotyczy

(in Polish) Opis nakładu pracy studenta w ECTS

3 ECTS The student workload is 45 hours [1 hour x 2 for classes in a foreign language] = 3 ECTS: 15 hours of participation in monographic lectures, + 30 hours of independent work: 15 hours - reading and analysis of literature indicated in the syllabus; 15 hours - preparation for the final exam.

Subject level

elementary

Learning outcome code/codes

HS1_W02 HS1_W06 HS1_U04 HS1_U05 HS1_U06

Type of subject

obligatory

Preliminary Requirements

Knowledge of Polish and European art from the 19th to the 20th century at the elementary level.

Course coordinators

Magdalena Tarnowska

Learning outcomes

1. The participant of the lecture defines the significance of Jewish cultural heritage in Poland and Europe, research methods, and its specificity in the humanities.
2. The student defines in an orderly manner the types, functions, and meanings of religious and secular Jewish art of the 19th and 20th centuries in the context of historical and cultural conditions.
3. They interpret selected objects of Jewish art using appropriate terminology.
4. They use the resources of institutions researching issues related to Jewish art.
5. They construct a logical written statement in English on the subject of Jewish art at level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

Assessment criteria

Assessment criteria include: participation in classes, passing the final exam. Each criterion is assessed on a point basis. The maximum number of points that can be earned is 100. 60 points are required to pass the course.
1. Class attendance - max. 30 points / one unexcused absence is allowed, subsequent absences “cost” minus 5 points each.
2. Final exam – max. 70 points – 42 points pass the exam
Grading scale: 60-75 = 3.0 / 76-79 = 3.5 / 80-90 = 4.0 / 91-94 = 4.5 / 95-100 = 5.0

Bibliography

Tomasz Bieroń, Polish students at the Académie Julian until 1919, RIHA Journal, 2029, 17 pp, pdf, https://doi.org/10.11588/RIHA.2012.0.69274
Fogel, Macha; Salmona, Paul (2021-11-25). "The Jewish painters of l'École de Paris-from the Holocaust to today".
Monika Czekanowska-Gutman, Dialogue with Christian Art: The Pietà in Early 20th - Century Jewish Art, , Art in Jewish Society, ed. Jerzy Malinowski, Małgorzata Stolarska-Fronia, Renata Piątkowska, Tamara Sztyma, Polish Institute of World Studies, 2016, 11 pp, pdf.

Bonnie K Goodman, The History of Israeli Art and It's Artists: From Bezalel to the Present — Faith, Memory, and the Modern Imagination — A Brief Survey of Israeli Art, 2025 pdf
‘Hirszenberg Brothers: in Search of the Promised Land’, Łódź-Warszawa 2017 – selected articles
Jung-Idisz /Yung Yidish, 1919, Łódź 2019 – selected articles
Kate Kangaslahti “The École de Paris, inside and out: Reconsidering the experience of foreign artists in interwar France”, 2009, pdf, 5 pp
Jerzy Malinowski, Barbara Brus-Malinowska, A catalogue of works by Polish artists and Jewish artists from Poland in museums in Israel, 2017, selected articles
Artur Tanikowski, “Toward the Philosophy of Work: The Late Paintings of Leopold Gottlieb”, Ars Judaica, vol. 9 (2013), p. 75-100, pdf
Magdalena Tarnowska, Alexander Bogen: Life and Art in Postwar Poland (j. angielski), w: Jewish-Slavic Cultural Horizons: Essays on Jewish History and Art in Slavic Lands, Sergey R. Kravtsov and Polonca Vodopivec, eds., vol. 27 in series Jews and Slavs, Jerusalem and Ljubljana: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and The Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts 2022, pp.367-391, pdf
Magdalena Tarnowska, Jewish Artistic revival in Lower Silesia (Poland) 1945 – 1949: Art. and Activity in the Light of Source Materials and Art Criticism, „Kwartalnik Historii Żydów / Jewish History Quarterly”, 2020, nr 2 (274), s. 425-450, pdf
Magdalena Tarnowska,, The Holocaust and Rebirth. Colour Metamorphoses in the Paintings by Alexander Bogen, a Jewish Survivor Painter (1916-2010). Selected Examples, translated in 2024 [Holokaust i odrodzenie. Metamorfozy koloru w malarstwie artysty żydowskiego – Ocalonego Aleksandra Bogena (1916-2010). Wybrane przykłady, „Seculum Christianum”, 2021, nr 28, s. 158-175.], pdf.

Portale internetowe / Internet portals: Wirtualny Sztetl - https://sztetl.org.pl/
Centralna Biblioteka Judaistyczna - https://cbj.jhi.pl/
Felix Nussbaum Haus https://www.museumsquartier-osnabrueck.de/
Culture. Pl - https://culture.pl/en

ATTENTION!
Some items of literature are available in the MTEAMS .

Additional information

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