Studies in Contemporary Jewry: Volume VI: Art and Its Uses
Subtitle: The Visual Image and Modern Jewish Society (Studies in Contemporary Jewry)
Contributors: Ezra Mendelsohn (Editor); Richard I. Cohen (Editor)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: November 30, 1990
Language: eng
Number of pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9780195061888
First sentence: Izso Koves (1853-1917), a Hungarian-born artist of Jewish origin, had a particular interest in portraying scenes of Jewish history: Spinoza before his judges; the Tortosa debate (the famous Jewish-Christian disputation in early 15th-century Spain); and a canvas integrating Hungarian and Jewish history, The Jews of Buda before King Matthias, which depicts a Jewish delegation joining the procession to meet Matthias and his queen, Beatrix of Aragon, on their return to the city following their marriage in 1476.