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Here are course descriptions given by Uvi (Ahuva) Poznansky: In the Footsteps of a Wanderer This course is designed for art lovers as well as for readers of the bible. It will take you on a journey, following in the footsteps of a wanderer. Abraham is a dominant figure whom Jewish, Christian and Muslim believers regard as the founding patriarch of many nations. His adventures on the way to a promised land, from the city of Ur in Sumeria (in the south of present-day Iraq) to the outskirts of Egypt, and his wrangling with Sarah, Hagar, and Lot, inspired great masters of art, among them Rubens, Caravaggio and Chagall. Come and see the story come to life in vivid images. Sessions: 6 Spellbinding Images: Purim in Art The Scroll of Ester has all the twists and turns of a fairy tale: a powerful king, a sumptuous feast, a girl's rise from orphan to queen, betrayal, entrapment, and deliverance. Beyond its power to amuse and comfort the Jewish people in their long exile, the story has inspired the imagination of the great artists from around the world: from Rembrandt to Chagall, Michaelangelo to Rubens. Come see the scroll unfold before your eyes in Spellbinding Images: Queen Vashti refusing to obey Ahashverosh, the feast of Esther, the triumph of Mordechai and the hanging of Haman. Sessions: 2 Imagining David II - Intrigues in the Royal Court This course
will present Art inspired by deceptions, conspiracies, and outrageously
public scandals in the court of the King David: from his affair
with Bathsheba to the murder of his rebellious son Absalom. The
power struggles between him, his supporters and his enemies are
tightly intertwined with the intrigues between him, his wives
and his concubines. Sessions: 5 Imagining
David I - A Fugitive Reaching for the Crown Sessions: 5 |