Jewish Country Houses by Juliet Carey
A unique angle on Jewish and country house history, beautifully illustrated with original photography by leading architectural photographer HAlAne Binet.
This is a magnificent work of scholarship - it illuminates complex and ambiguous stories of assimilation and identity with verve and insight* Edmund de Waal *
I learned something new on every beautifully illustrated page. It sets the familiar country house story in a new, Europe-wide landscape, and tells a tale of often tragic splendour. The authors show that these are more than just houses - they are monuments to the long nineteenth-century battle between prejudice and assimilation, played out in magnificent buildings and princely collections. * Neil MacGregor *
A fascinating book about a long-forgotten world. * Hadley Freeman *
An absorbing, richly-textured history that illuminates how the aspirations of an ascendant Jewish elite transformed the traditional notion of the country house from a site of settled privilege into a dynamic microcosm of bold self-inscription - a catalyst for new forms of sociability, patronage, art collecting, and philanthropy. Interweaving a wide array of sources and perspectives from different cultures, these essays explore gripping tales of belonging and rejection, memory and erasure, dispossession and resilience. * Esther da Costa Meyer, Professor Emerita Princeton University, The Kirk Varnedoe Visiting Professor, Institute of Fine Art, New York University *
This lusciously illustrated book provides an essential tour of the Jewish country houses of Europe and the UK. Each of the thirteen essays furnishes an authoritative understanding of a specific house and uses a combination of new and historic images to showcase the lives of the inhabitants and the homes' rich interiors. The final essay compares this tradition to Jewish American country houses. A must-have book for anyone interested in elegant houses or Jewish history. * Laura Leibman *
I learned something new on every beautifully illustrated page. It sets the familiar country house story in a new, Europe-wide landscape, and tells a tale of often tragic splendour. The authors show that these are more than just houses - they are monuments to the long nineteenth-century battle between prejudice and assimilation, played out in magnificent buildings and princely collections. * Neil MacGregor *
A fascinating book about a long-forgotten world. * Hadley Freeman *
An absorbing, richly-textured history that illuminates how the aspirations of an ascendant Jewish elite transformed the traditional notion of the country house from a site of settled privilege into a dynamic microcosm of bold self-inscription - a catalyst for new forms of sociability, patronage, art collecting, and philanthropy. Interweaving a wide array of sources and perspectives from different cultures, these essays explore gripping tales of belonging and rejection, memory and erasure, dispossession and resilience. * Esther da Costa Meyer, Professor Emerita Princeton University, The Kirk Varnedoe Visiting Professor, Institute of Fine Art, New York University *
This lusciously illustrated book provides an essential tour of the Jewish country houses of Europe and the UK. Each of the thirteen essays furnishes an authoritative understanding of a specific house and uses a combination of new and historic images to showcase the lives of the inhabitants and the homes' rich interiors. The final essay compares this tradition to Jewish American country houses. A must-have book for anyone interested in elegant houses or Jewish history. * Laura Leibman *
Juliet Carey is Senior Curator at Waddesdon Manor. Abigail Green is an Oxford historian and author of the award-winning Moses Montefiore: Jewish Liberator, Imperial Hero.
Hélène Binet has been described by Daniel Liebeskind as 'one of the leading architectural photographers in the world'.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781800810358 |
| ISBN 10 | 1800810350 |
| Title | Jewish Country Houses |
| Author | Juliet Carey |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Profile Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2024-11-07 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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