The Visual Culture of Chabad

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The Visual Culture of Chabad
Author : Maya Balakirsky Katz
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Language : English
Release Date : 11 October 2010
ISBN : 9780521191630
Pages : 265 pages
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This book is the first full-length study of a complex visual tradition associated with the Hasidic movement of Chabad.

The Visual Culture of Chabad

This book is the first full-length study of a complex visual tradition associated with the Hasidic movement of Chabad.

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