Kotlyar Eugeny. «Boris Schatz and the Early "Bezalel": The Utopia of Art and the Art of Management», Цайтшрифт [Tsaytshrift] 9/4 (2014): 161-176. (original) (raw)

School of Arts and Crafts `Bezalel`, founded by Boris Schatz in Jerusalem, and become known in history as the `Early Bezalel` (1906-1932) was an unprecedented example of embodiment of the Jewish utopia: establishing a community of artists in Palestine and making it a brilliant commercial project in the field of Judaic art. Its revolutionary spirit was in the mix of ideas including communal labor, uniting all the Jews around the `artistic tabernacle of Zionism` and laying the foundation of national art in their historical homeland. The utopian nature of the project was in its cultural divorce from the realities of the time, conservativeness of the artistic means, and artistic kitsch, which all ran counter to the era of modernism. `Bezalel` became a symbol of dreams and the difficult formation of the young Jewish state. Kotlyar, E. Boris Schatz and the Early `Bezalel`: The Utopia of Art and the Art of Management // Цайтшрифт. Журнал по изучению еврейской истории, демографии и экономики, литературы, языка и этнографии. – Минск–Вильнюс: Европейский гуманитарный университет, Центр еврейских исследований, 2014. – Т.9 (4). – С. 161-176. Kotlyar, E. Boris Schatz and the Early `Bezalel`: The Utopia of Art and the Art of Management, Tsaytshrift. – Minsk–Vilnus: European Humanities University, The Center for Jewish Studies, 2014. – Vol.9 (4). – P. 161-176.

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