Orientalizing Jewishness? Carl Spitzweg, In the Synagogue (1855–60)
Abstract
The painter Carl Spitzweg (1808–1885) emphasized the element of foreignness in this synagogue scene from the late 1850s. The synagogue’s interior remained mystically dark while pious Jews gathered to study the Holy Scriptures.
Source
Source: Original: Museum Georg Schäfer, Schweinfurt.
Further Reading
Sylvia Necker, “Spatial Variations and Locations: Synagogues at the Intersection of Architecture, Town, and Imagination,” in Simone Lässig and Miriam Rürup, eds., Space and Spatiality in Modern German-Jewish History. New York: Berghahn, 2017, pp. 160–78.
Recommended Citation
Orientalizing Jewishness? Carl Spitzweg, In the Synagogue (1855–60),
published in: German History Intersections,
<https://germanhistory-intersections.org/en/germanness/ghis:image-193>
[December 03, 2023].