The hidden message of the hares in the talons of the eagle
When in 1714 the artist Israel ben Mordecai Liśnicki from Jaryczów painted the interior of the wooden synagogue of Chodorów, today in the L'viv (Polish, Lwów) region of western Ukraine, he did not know that one of his paintings would be the subject of divergent interpretations by art historians...
| Published in: | AJS review |
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| Subtitles: | Research Article |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Pennsylvania Press
[2012]
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| In: |
AJS review
Year: 2012, Volume: 36, Issue: 2, Pages: 281-294 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Chodoriw
/ Synagogue
/ Painting
/ Eagle
/ Bible. Deuteronomium 32,11
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| RelBib Classification: | BH Judaism HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Hares
B Jewish peoples B Allusion B Synagogues B Eagles B Photographs B Rabbis B Revenge B Torah B Prayer |
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| Summary: | When in 1714 the artist Israel ben Mordecai Liśnicki from Jaryczów painted the interior of the wooden synagogue of Chodorów, today in the L'viv (Polish, Lwów) region of western Ukraine, he did not know that one of his paintings would be the subject of divergent interpretations by art historians some three hundred years later. The controversy centers around the depiction of an eagle grasping in its talons two hares trying to escape outward. The hares are grasped by the neck (fig. 1). This depiction, located in the center of the ceiling, is surrounded by a decorative medallion inscribed with the verse “Like an eagle who rouses his nestlings, gliding down to his young, so did He spread His wings and take him, bear him along on His talons” (Deuteronomy 32:11). In the background are the twelve signs of the zodiac. |
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| ISSN: | 1475-4541 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Association for Jewish Studies, AJS review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0364009412000190 |