בידספיריט | A History of Jewish Art

A History of Jewish Art by Franz Landsberger 1946. - The Union Of American Hebrew Congregations.  First edition. A historical survey of Jewish art; important text in the field. Profusely illustrated. Franz Landsberger, Born in Katowice in 1883, he grew up and studied in Breslau and subsequently in Berlin, Geneva and Munich. He specialized in art history; he was a lecturer at the Breslau University from 1912, and a professor there from 1918. He edited Polish art journals, published essays in 1926, and was considered the local authority in the field of art history. As an art expert and the manager of Berlin's Jewish museum, he was forced to leave Germany and was appointed a professor in Hebrew Union College and manager of the Jewish museum there, in Cincinnati. Original Cloth. 8vo. IX, 369 pages. 24 cm good condition