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OverviewIn America between 1946 and 1953, the German-Jewish architect Eric Mendelsohn planned seven synagogues, of which four were built, all in the Midwest. In this book, photographer Michael Palmer has recorded in exquisite detail Mendelsohn's four built synagogues: Saint Paul, Saint Louis, Cleveland and Grand Rapids. These photographs are accompanied by an insightful contextual essay by Ita Heinze-Greenberg which reflects on Eric Mendelsohn and his Jewish identity. Mendelsohn's post-war commitment to sacred architecture was a major challenge to him, but one on which he embarked with great enthusiasm. He sought and found radically new architectural solutions for these ‘temples’ that met functional, social and spiritual demands. In the post-war and post-Holocaust climate, the old references had become obsolete, while the founding of the State of Israel in 1948 posed a claim for the redefinition of the Jewish diaspora in general. The duality of Jewish and American identity became more crucial than ever and the congregations were keen to express their integration into a modern America through these buildings. Hardly anyone could have been better suited for this task than Mendelsohn, as he sought to justify his decision to move from Israel and adopt the USA as his new homeland. The places he created to serve Jewish identity in America were a crowning conclusion of his career. They became the benchmark of modern American synagogue architecture, while the design of sacred space added a new dimension in Mendelsohn’s work. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Michael Craig Palmer , Ita Heinze-GreenbergPublisher: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd Imprint: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd ISBN: 9781848222946ISBN 10: 1848222947 Pages: 216 Publication Date: 05 February 2019 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements; A Note on the Plates; The Synagogues: 1. Park Synagogue, Cleveland, 2. B'nai Amoona Synagogue, Saint Louis, 3. Mount Zion Temple, Saint Paul, 4. Temple Emanuel, Grand Rapids; Dwelling and Wandering: Jewishness in Eric Mendelsohn's Life and Work by Ita Heinze-Greenberg; Notes; Image Credits; Author Biographies; IndexReviews'Beautiful detailed, full-page color pictures capture the grandeur of each synagogue. Recommended for all libraries.' - Association of Jewish Libraries Author InformationMichael Craig Palmer is an architectural photographer. His previous book Between the Private and the Public Domain in Bauhaus and International Style in Tel Aviv was published by the Bauhaus Center, Tel Aviv in 2016. Ita Heinze-Greenberg is Professor for Modern Architecture at ETH Zurich and a renowned expert on Eric Mendelsohn. She has previously lectured and carried out research at Technion (Israel Institute of Technology), the Kunsthistorisches Institut, the University of Augsburg and the Technical University of Delft. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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