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Information on books
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| JUDAICA BOHEMIAE | Periodical - specialist articles on the history of the Jewish community in Bohemia and Moravia - volumes I/1965 - XXXVII/2001 | ||
| Catalogue of Synagogue Textiles | English, format 22 x 31 cm, 376 pp., hardback in a case; 500 full-colour illustrations of textile items (100 full-page) |
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| CD-ROM Synagogue Textiles | An interactive CD ROM (“Synagogue Textiles”) has been released by the Jewish Museum in Prague in order to supply enough information to those who are interested in its textile collection |
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| Emil Orlik – Portraits and Friends and Contemporaries |
A catalogue published for the exhibition of the same name, this is actually a small monograph on Emil Orlik, the famous early twentieth century Prague artist, sketcher and portraitist. From 1899 onwards a member of the Vienna Sezession, he became celebrated for his woodcuts and portraits of famous artists, musicians, actors, poets, writers and philosophers. This monograph contains a detailed biography of the artist and features over 200 reproductions of his drawings, woodcuts, prints and paintings, with portraits of (among others) Albert Einstein and Richard Strauss. Author Dr. Arno Pařík, 96 pp., 212 full-colour illustrations.
ISBN
Czech: 80-85608-73-1 |
Price : 10 USD 10 EURO enslish version
Price : 8 USD 8 EURO czech version |
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| CD In
Defiance of Fate - |
In Defiance
of Fate Fritz Weiss and his arrangements for the Emil Ludvík Orchestra. Unique recordings from 1940-41 CD, 71 minutes In association with Gabriel Goessel, a gramophone record collector, the Jewish Museum in Prague has prepared a treat for jazz fans - the first ever CD issue of recordings of popular works from 1940-41 arranged by the Jewish musician Fritz Weiss (born 1919, Prague) one of the leading Prague jazz men of the late 1930s. |
Price : 10 USD 10 EURO |
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| The CD-ROM Prague Synagogues |
The CD-ROM (in Czech,
English, German, French, Spanish and Italian) features an account
of the history and architecture of the seven most prominent synagogues
in the Jewish Quarter of Prague accompanied by rich photographic
documentation (102 full-colour photographs). The key chapters of
this new publication include The Oldest Synagogues (Old-New and
Pinkas), Synagogues of the Renaissance Ghetto (High and Maisel),
Baroque Synagogues (Klausen) and Synagogues in the Emancipation Period (Spanish and Jerusalem) |
Price : 8 USD 8 EURO |
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| Jewish Customs and Traditions | Klausen Synagogue exhibition guidebook focusing on Jewish festivals, the synagogue and the course of life. Group of authors, 88 pp., 109 full-colour photographs by Dana Cabanová and Petr Kliment | Price : 8 USD 8 EURO |
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| The Boskovice Synagogue | An illustrated
guide to this unique monument dating from 1639. The synagogue’s
late 17th century murals represent the oldest and most comprehensive
example of the ancient eastern European tradition of synagogue ornamentation
in the Czech lands, the importance of which goes far beyond the
country’s borders. The text deals with the history of the building
and the synagogue’s symbolic paintings. Group of authors, photographs: Dana Cabanová and Petr Kliment, 64 pp., 80 full-colour photographs |
Price : 6 USD 6 EURO |
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| Jewish Prague | This guidebook provides a clear overview of the history and topography of the ancient city of Prague and showcases its most important Jewish sites. The text includes concise yet comprehensive information on the history of the Jews in Prague. There is also information on a number of Jewish institutions and organizations.Published in English, German, French, Czech, Spanish and Italian. | Price : 5 USD 5 EURO |
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| ADOLF KOHN –Painter of the Prague Ghetto | A small monograph on this artist of the first half of the 20th century, containing full-colour reproductions of his paintings. Kohn’s work focused on the lanes, squares and niches of Prague’s Jewish Town before its reconstruction. It constitutes a valuable document that shows how the ghetto looked around 1900. Author: Dr. Arno Pařík, 48 pp, 103 full-colour reproductions, published in Czech and English. | Price : 5 USD 5 EURO |
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| History of the Jews in Bohemia and Moravia - From the First Settlements until Emantipation. | Maisel Synagogue exhibition guidebook. Group of authors, 108 pp., 120 full-colour photographs by Dana Cabanová and Petr Kliment | Price : 8 USD 8 EURO |
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| Einen Schmetterling habe ich hier nicht gesehen | A selection of 4,600 children´s drawings and dozens of poems from Terezín kept in the collections of the Jewish Museum in Prague. Foreword J. Weil, afterword A. Franková. German, 1999, 96 p., 68 paintings, 17 x 24 cm. | Price : 9 USD 9 EURO |
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| The Golem Walks through the Jewish Town | From the Jewish Town to Josefov (history and topography) + portraits from collections of the Jewish Museum in Prague. Authors : E. Kosáková, J. Šedinová. Photography: D. Cabanová. Czech-English. 1994, 76 p., 44 colour illustrations. 17 x 24 cm. | Price : 6 USD 6 EURO |
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| History of the Jews in Bohemia and Moravia (From emancipation to the present) | The Spanish Synagogue exhibition guidebook, which covers the history of the Czech Jewish community during the Jewish enlightenment, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Czechoslovak Republic (1918-1938), the Nazi Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, and the post-war period. Collective of authors. Photography: D. Cabanová and P. Kliment. English, French, 80 p., 105 full-colour photographs. | Price : 8 USD 8 EURO |
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| Prague Synagogues | The book Prague Synagogues deals with the history and current state of seven of the most prominent synagogues in Prague. It follows on from a similar publication of the early 1980s which has been completely sold out. The new book features detailed architectural and historical descriptions of these unique memorial buildings of Jewish Prague and is supplemented by a wealth of photographic documentation.The text is by Arno Pařík, the photographs by Dana Cabanová and Petr Kliment. The book is in 3 versions: one in Czech, English and German, second in French, spanish and Italian, third in Hebrew, Russian and Japanese. Author: Arno Pařík, Photographs Dana Cabanová and Petr Kliment. 120 p., over 100 full-colour photographs. | Price : 15 USD 15 EURO |
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| Bedřich Fritta - Ivan Klíma: This is not a fairy tale - it’s real | A new publication featuring pictures by the Prague artist/caricaturist Bedřich Fritta and a short story by Ivan Klíma translated into English for the first time. Bedřich Fritta painted these pictures in the Terezín Ghetto, putting them together in a book which he gave to his son Tommy on his third birthday (22 January 1944). English,108 pages, 53 colour reproductions, ISBN 80-85608-35-9. | Price : 12 USD 12 EURO |
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| Ici je n´ai pas vu de papillon | A selection of 4,600 children´s drawings and dozens of poems from Terezín kept in the collections of the Jewish Museum in Prague. Foreword J. Weil, afterword A. Franková. French, 2001, 96 p., 68 paintings, 17 x 24 cm. | Price : 9 USD 9 EURO |
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| No he visto mariposas por aquí | A selection of 4,600 children´s drawings and dozens of poems from Terezín kept in the collections of the Jewish Museum in Prague. Foreword J. Weil, afterword A. Franková. Spanish, 2001, 96 p., 68 paintings, 17 x 24 cm. | Price : 9 USD 9 EURO |
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| Arno Pařík: Robert Guttmann - Painter and Traveller from Prague | To accompany the exhibition of Robert Guttmann the Museum has prepared the first ever detailed exhibition catalogue devoted to this eccentric Jewish artist. It features quality reproductions of all his known works from the Museum's collections as well as numerous photographs from all periods of his life, caricatures of Guttmann by many known and unknown artists, and a host of other documentary material. The catalogue covers Guttmann's youth, his activities as a Zionist and traveller, his Prague life in the inter-war period and his views on art, and outlines his relations with the outstanding personalities of the day, the Prague Jewish Community and the Jewish Museum. In addition, it looks at various aspects of his work (portraits, genres scenes and the 'official' allegorical tableaux) and details his journeys to Sub-Carpathian Ruthenia and Slovakia, his tragic demise in the Lodz ghetto and the fate that met his art works. (48 pp., 115 full-colour reproductions, Czech and English). | Price : 5 USD 5 EURO |
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| Qui non ho visto farfalle | A selection of 4,600 children´s drawings and dozens of poems from Terezín kept in the collections of the Jewish Museum in Prague. Foreword J. Weil, afterword A. Franková. Italian, 2001, 96 p., 68 paintings, 17 x 24 cm. | Price : 9 USD 9 EURO |
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| A
very special offer - unique ! Copies of children´s drawings from Terezín (1943-1944, kept in the collections of the Jewish Museum in Prague) - attractively arranged in mounts and ready to hang - 10 representative pictures. Size: 22 x 30 cm |
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| 1/ Jester | pastel on paper/ by an 11-year-old boy | Price : 10 USD 10 EURO |
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| 2/ A flower at the window of a boy´s dormitory | watercolour on paper/ by an11 -year-old boy | Price : 10 USD 10 EURO |
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| 3/ Colour composition of circles and lines | watercolour on paper/ by a 12-year-old girl | Price : 10 USD 10 EURO |
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| 4/ Underwater world | watercolour on paper/ by a 14-year-old girl | Price : 10 USD 10 EURO |
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| 5/ Hanukkah | pastel on paper/ by a 12-year-old girl | Price : 10 USD 10 EURO |
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| 6/ Ball | pastel on paper/ by an 11-year-old boy | Price : 10 USD 10 EURO |
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| 7/ Landscape fantasy | watercolour on paper/ by an 11-year-old girl | Price : 10 USD 10 EURO |
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| 8/ Butterfly | watercolour on paper/ by a 10-year-old girl | Price : 10 USD 10 EURO |
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| 9/ Seder dinner | pencil and pastel on paper/ by an 11-year-old girl | Price : 10 USD 10 EURO |
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| 10/ Dream of Palestine | paper collage/ anonymous | Price : 10 USD 10 EURO |
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| Postage and Packaging | Czech Republic: | $2 for 1-2 books | $3 for 3-4 books | $5 for over 4 books |
| Europe: | $7 for 1-2 books | $10 for 3-4 books | $16 for over 4 books | |
| Other Countries: | $16 for 1-2 books | $24 for 3-4 books | $38 for over 4 books |
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