| Preface |
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| Acknowledgements |
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1 The Painter Eliezer-Zusman of Brody |
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1 | (37) |
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2 Origin and Vocational Training |
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10 | (8) |
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3 Status and Personal Life |
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18 | (11) |
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29 | (9) |
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38 | (168) |
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1 Underpainting, Binding Materials, and Pigments |
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38 | (6) |
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38 | (3) |
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41 | (1) |
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1.3 Eliezer-Zusman's Work |
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41 | (3) |
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2 Preparation of the Substrate and Color Laying Order |
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44 | (2) |
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46 | (45) |
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49 | (3) |
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52 | (3) |
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3.3 Copying Several Instances of One Motif from Different Visual Models |
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55 | (13) |
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3.4 Combining Several Different Visual Models into One Motif |
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68 | (9) |
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3.5 The Ihringen Haggadah, 1732: A Visual Model? |
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77 | (14) |
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91 | (77) |
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4.1 Design Properties for Letters and Words |
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91 | (24) |
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4.2 Diacritical Marks, Grammar, Spelling |
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115 | (33) |
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148 | (2) |
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150 | (18) |
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168 | (1) |
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5 Planning and Layout of Compositions |
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5.1 Outlining the Composition: Precision vs. Freehand |
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169 | (3) |
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5.2 Designing the Interior Paintings' Layout |
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172 | (8) |
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5.3 Consistent Placement of Motifs within the Decoration |
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180 | (1) |
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5.4 Inscriptions' Locations |
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181 | (14) |
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6 Textual Sources of Painting Themes |
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195 | (11) |
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6.1 Black on White, Remembrance of the Destruction |
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197 | (1) |
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198 | (1) |
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6.3 In Search of an Overall Theme |
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199 | (7) |
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3 Eliezer-Zusman's Workshop---the Unterlimpurg and Steinbach Synagogues |
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206 | (48) |
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1 Underpainting, Binding Materials, and Pigments |
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209 | (1) |
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2 Preparation of the Substrate and Color Laying Order |
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210 | (2) |
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3 Copying Visual Models: Bechhofen and Horb Synagogues |
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212 | (9) |
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212 | (3) |
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215 | (4) |
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3.3 Combining Several Different Visual Models into One Motif |
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219 | (2) |
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4 Shared Visual Models: Kirchheim Synagogue |
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221 | (4) |
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221 | (1) |
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4.2 Inscription Extolling Charity |
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222 | (1) |
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4.3 Visualizing Jerusalem |
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223 | (2) |
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4.4 Remembering Jerusalem |
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225 | (1) |
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5 Copying Visual Models: Miscellanea |
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225 | (3) |
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228 | (16) |
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6.1 Design Properties for Letters and Words |
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228 | (4) |
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6.2 Diacritical Marks, Grammar, Spelling |
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232 | (7) |
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239 | (1) |
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240 | (3) |
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243 | (1) |
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7 Planning and Layout of the Composition |
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244 | (4) |
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7.1 Outlining the Composition: Precision vs. Freehand |
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244 | (1) |
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7.2 Designing the Interior Paintings' Layout |
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244 | (1) |
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7.3 Consistent Placement of Motifs within the Design |
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245 | (1) |
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7.4 Inscriptions' Locations |
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245 | (3) |
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8 Textual Sources of Painting Themes |
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248 | (4) |
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8.1 Lion Standing beside a Castle |
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249 | (1) |
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250 | (1) |
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251 | (1) |
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9 Re-examination: The Attribution of the Unterlimpurg and Steinbach synagogues' Paintings to Eliezer-Zusman |
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252 | (2) |
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4 Eliezer-Zusman's Workshop---the Colmberg Synagogue |
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254 | (7) |
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254 | (1) |
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254 | (4) |
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254 | (1) |
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255 | (3) |
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3 Consistent Placement of Motifs within the Decoration |
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258 | (1) |
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4 Re-examination: The Attribution of the Colmberg Synagogue Paintings to Eliezer-Zusman |
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259 | (2) |
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5 Continuing the Tradition of Synagogue Interior Paintings in Southern Germany and Alsace in the Eighteenth Century |
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261 | (18) |
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1 The Georgensgmund Synagogue |
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261 | (9) |
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1.1 Underpainting and Pigments |
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262 | (1) |
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1.2 Preparation of the Substrate and Color Laying Order |
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262 | (1) |
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263 | (4) |
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267 | (1) |
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1.5 Planning and Laying Out the Composition |
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268 | (1) |
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1.6 Re-examination: The Attribution of the Georgensgmund Synagogue Paintings to Eliezer-Zusman |
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268 | (2) |
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270 | (3) |
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2.1 Underpainting and Pigments |
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270 | (1) |
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270 | (1) |
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2.4 Planning and Laying Out the Composition |
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272 | (1) |
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2.5 Eliezer-Zusman's influence on the Odenbach Synagogue Paintings |
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272 | (1) |
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3 The Traenheim Synagogue |
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273 | (3) |
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3.1 Underpainting and Pigments |
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273 | (1) |
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273 | (1) |
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274 | (1) |
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3.4 Eliezer-Zusman's influence on the Traenheim Synagogue Paintings |
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275 | (1) |
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276 | (1) |
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277 | (2) |
| Epilogue |
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279 | (4) |
| Bibliography |
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283 | (17) |
| Plates |
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300 | (57) |
| Index of Names |
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357 | (1) |
| Index of Places |
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