The shape of revelation : aesthetics and modern Jewish thought / Zachary Braiterman.

Author
Braiterman, Zachary, 1963- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2007.
Description
xxx, 300, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

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      Series
      Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture [More in this series]
      Summary note
      "The Shape of Revelation explores the overlap between revelation and aesthetic form from the perspective of Judaism. It does so by setting the Jewish philosophy of Martin Buber and Franz Rosenzweig alongside its immediate visual environment in the aesthetics of early German modernism, most notably alongside "the spiritual in art" as it appears in the art and art theories of Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, and Franz Marc. The modern shape of revelation - and "the spiritual in art" that emerges from this conversation - builds upon a vocabulary of form creation, sheer presence, lyric pathos, rhythmic repetition, open spatial dynamism, and erotic pulse that was unique to Germany in the first quarter of the twentieth century. This study works to identify and critically assess the sensual root that is brought to bear upon the modern image of revelation and "the spiritual in art.""--Jacket.
      Bibliographic references
      Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-292) and index.
      Contents
      • Form
      • Abstraction
      • Pathos
      • Time
      • Space
      • Eros.
      ISBN
      • 9780804753210 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
      • 0804753210 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
      LCCN
      2006038220
      OCLC
      76864017
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