Ancient Jewish Art; East and West by Sed-Rajna, Gabrielle

Secaucas: Chartwell Books [0-89009-843-3] 1985. (Folio hardcover) 237pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Map, black and white and color photographs and illustrations, plans, diagrams, glossary, notes, bibliography, index. "This book presents a wide range of images, many included here for the first time in a published working, showing the principal aspects of Jewish artistic traditions across two millennia. The hellenistic era was a time for the genesis of symbols. From this period we find coins, objects and even monuments that proclaim a national unity that would soon be destroyed by the forces of history". Book about Jewish Art. Time Period Greco-Roman, Hellenistic Age & Middle Ages. Introduction by Bezalel Narkiss. (Art, Ancient History, Art and Artists, Art History, Judaica, Judaism, Religion, Symbolism).