Problem figuralne tematike u jevrejskoj umetnosti

Abstract

Pri proučavanju figuralne tematike u jevrejskoj umetnosti kao jednog od njenih najosetljivijih i najsloženijih problema, ne može se mimoići činjenica da već decenijama traje borba mišljenja među teoretičarima i istoričarima umetnosti u svetu o tome da li uopšte postoji jevrejska umetnost. Zabluda koja postoji i do naših dana, da stari Jevreji nisu imali svoju umetnost zbog zabrane predstavljanja živih bića, da čak nisu imali ni sklonosti za likovnu umetnost, još uvek teško i sporo odstupa pred sve brojnijim arheološkim otkrićima.

When studying the figurative subject in Jewish art, as one of its most sensitive and complex problems, one can not miss the fact that for decades there has been a struggle of opinion among theorists and art historians in the world about whether there is Jewish art at all. The misconception that persists to this day, that the ancient Jews did not have their art due to the veto of the representation of living beings, that they did not even have an affinity for fine arts, is still difficult and slow to recede in the face of the increasing number of archeological discoveries.