I know some people will call me anti-semitic (that’s why I have
this), but there’s just not that much Jewish art out there.
Sure, there’s great art by Jewish artists – I’m no slouch
myself. But there’s not much art illustrating Jewish scripture,
the books of Moses, the Torah, by Jews. Most illustrations of
Exodus are by Christians and this guy; illustrations with
historical weight are all almost all found in churches and
Bibles, the exception being some illuminated Haggadot from the
Middle Ages. Yes, I know there’s Jewish art outside of
illustrations: Torah cases, Torah ornaments, Kiddish cups, book
covers, candlesticks, textiles. And there’s lots of abstract
art: decorated Hebrew letters and symbols. But I’m trying to
find a way to illustrate Exodus in animation (see Seder-
Masochism), and there’s just not much visual art tradition to
build on. What did ancient Hebrew art look like? Egyptian
aesthetics influenced Assyrian art, and vice-versa, and Canaan
lay between the two. Surely Egyptian and Assyrian visual