Chazen Museum Lecture
Gilded Lions and Jeweled Horses: From the Synagogue to the Carousel, From the Sacred to the Secular
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Date
Monday, April 28, 2008
Time
5:30 p.m.
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Description
Murray Zimiles, SUNY Purchase, will discuss the migration of East European Jewish artisans and their woodcarving practices to the United States, comparing rare photographs of Eastern European synagogues with carousel horses produced in the New York area to show how artistic traditions were transformed and secularized.
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Free
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