JUDAIC 320 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Sepphoris, Ancient Greek Temple, Ancient Greek Architecture
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What is art: human creative visual expression, seen by human sense of sight, for enjoyment. Can be used to understand the people who made it better: has some meaning. The roman period represents a very interesting moment in jewish life. It started one way and transformed another way. Art really shows this change. (some scholars don"t agree with. ) Art precedes our period by 1000s of years. Assorted decorated plates and jars in jerusalem vs. pompeii: jerusalem one just has shapes again, the pompeii plate has a typical hairstyle girl in center plus the shapes, no girl for jews. Edomite tomb: decorated as greek temple, hunting scene about the niches, jews didn"t do that. Is the second commandment talking only about idolatry. Is the rst part a list and the second part the actions that are prohibited: their opinion changed over time, because you can make a case either way. Ashuaries from jerusalem with nothing human, romans had though.
