Review
The research for this work reflects a great and careful scholarly effort. . .Highly recommended. (Choice )
Bland has shown that the whole question of whether Jews are 'rtless' is a construction of modern thought, and has little to do with pre-modern Jews. . . . An excellent counterweight to the vast literature that claims that Jews and Judaism are visually handicapped. (ven Fine, Baltimore Hebrew University and the University of Cincinnati, for CAA.Reviews )
A highly recommended building-block text for further study into the relationship between Judaism and visual art. (Religious Studies Review )
Bland's carefully researched book offers an erudite riposte to post-Kantian aesthetic theory and an unusually useful account of the image in Medieval and Renaissance Jewish culture. . . . [It] unsettles many received ideas and unearths many buried texts that change our notions of Jewish visual culture. (Adam Bresnick Times Literary Supplement )
Bland does an excellent job of convincing us . . . of the high status of visual production in ancient, medieval and early modern Jewish societies. (Pamela Kachurin The Art Book )
Bland has shown that the whole question of whether Jews are 'rtless' is a construction of modern thought, and has little to do with pre-modern Jews. . . . An excellent counterweight to the vast literature that claims that Jews and Judaism are visually handicapped. (ven Fine, Baltimore Hebrew University and the University of Cincinnati, for CAA.Reviews )
A highly recommended building-block text for further study into the relationship between Judaism and visual art. (Religious Studies Review )
Bland's carefully researched book offers an erudite riposte to post-Kantian aesthetic theory and an unusually useful account of the image in Medieval and Renaissance Jewish culture. . . . [It] unsettles many received ideas and unearths many buried texts that change our notions of Jewish visual culture. (Adam Bresnick Times Literary Supplement )
Bland does an excellent job of convincing us . . . of the high status of visual production in ancient, medieval and early modern Jewish societies. (Pamela Kachurin The Art Book )
Review
Kalman Bland has isolated an interesting and valuable topic and has applied great learning and graceful writing to its elucidation. (Menachem Kellner, University of Haifa )
