TY - JOUR
T1 - Wandalin Strzałecki's ‘Song on the Destruction of Jerusalem'. A Homage to Maurycy Gottlieb and Poland
AU - Rajner, M.
AU - Richard, C
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - The destruction of Jerusalem and its Temple has remained a constant cultural, religious,
and theoretical preoccupation of Jews and non-Jews. Deeply enshrined in
historical memory, the destruction has occasioned a wide range of interpretations,
associations, and metaphoric analogies. As such, it has, of course, also captured the imagination
and interpretation of a wide range of artists – from Rembrandt and Nicolas Poussin
in the seventeenth century, to Eduard Bendemann (1811-1889), the German artist of Jewish
origin and Wilhelm von Kaulbach in the nineteenth. While often utilizing the destruction
as a metaphor for other historical events or cultural phenomena, artists have chosen to
depict either the acts of violence and havoc during the tragic event itself or created a more
contemplative atmosphere that focused on the feelings of loss, mourning, and displacement
that came in its wake. The Italian artist Francesco Hayez (1791-1881), known especially
for his history painting, can serve as an example of the former in his 1867 work
(fig. 1), whereas the artist Ephraim Moses Lilien (1874-1925), born in Galicia (in the
Austrian Empire) imbued with Zionist leanings, represents the latter tendency with his
1910 creation On the Rivers of Babylon (fig. 2)
AB - The destruction of Jerusalem and its Temple has remained a constant cultural, religious,
and theoretical preoccupation of Jews and non-Jews. Deeply enshrined in
historical memory, the destruction has occasioned a wide range of interpretations,
associations, and metaphoric analogies. As such, it has, of course, also captured the imagination
and interpretation of a wide range of artists – from Rembrandt and Nicolas Poussin
in the seventeenth century, to Eduard Bendemann (1811-1889), the German artist of Jewish
origin and Wilhelm von Kaulbach in the nineteenth. While often utilizing the destruction
as a metaphor for other historical events or cultural phenomena, artists have chosen to
depict either the acts of violence and havoc during the tragic event itself or created a more
contemplative atmosphere that focused on the feelings of loss, mourning, and displacement
that came in its wake. The Italian artist Francesco Hayez (1791-1881), known especially
for his history painting, can serve as an example of the former in his 1867 work
(fig. 1), whereas the artist Ephraim Moses Lilien (1874-1925), born in Galicia (in the
Austrian Empire) imbued with Zionist leanings, represents the latter tendency with his
1910 creation On the Rivers of Babylon (fig. 2)
UR - https://www.academia.edu/7961376/Wandalin_Strzalecki_s_Song_on_the_Destruction_of_Jerusalem_._A_Homage_to_Maurycy_Gottlieb_and_Poland
M3 - Article
VL - 76
SP - 83
EP - 112
JO - Biuletyn Historii Sztuki
JF - Biuletyn Historii Sztuki
IS - 1
ER -
