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City Of Syracuse Historic Resources Survey: Washington Square Neighborhood, Volume 2: Survey Forms, Samuel D. Gruber Dr., Bruce G. Harvey Dr. Sep 2013

City Of Syracuse Historic Resources Survey: Washington Square Neighborhood, Volume 2: Survey Forms, Samuel D. Gruber Dr., Bruce G. Harvey Dr.

Samuel D. Gruber Dr.

Historical overview and map analysis of the Washington Square Neighborhood of Syracuse, New York, originally the Village of Salina settled in the late 18th century. The survey also includes block by block descriptions and identification of sites eligible for local and or National Register historic designation.


City Of Syracuse Historic Resources Survey: Washington Square Neighborhood, Volume 1, Samuel D. Gruber Dr., Bruce G. Harvey Dr. Sep 2013

City Of Syracuse Historic Resources Survey: Washington Square Neighborhood, Volume 1, Samuel D. Gruber Dr., Bruce G. Harvey Dr.

Samuel D. Gruber Dr.

Historical overview and map analysis of the Washington Square Neighborhood of Syracuse, New York, originally the Village of Salina settled in the late 18th century. The survey also includes block by block descriptions and identification of sites eligible for local and or National Register historic designation.


Mapping Jews: Cartography And Topography In Rome's Ghetto, Samuel D. Gruber Dr. Jan 2013

Mapping Jews: Cartography And Topography In Rome's Ghetto, Samuel D. Gruber Dr.

Samuel D. Gruber Dr.

This paper examines how the Ghetto of Rome was represented in the many view-plans and maps of Rome from the 16th through 18th centuries, and how this mapping both tells us much about the physical appearance of the Ghetto and also how it was perceived by others in particular and presented to others more generally.


In Memoriam: Kazimierz Macciej Piechotka (1919-2010), Samuel D. Gruber Dr. Mar 2011

In Memoriam: Kazimierz Macciej Piechotka (1919-2010), Samuel D. Gruber Dr.

Samuel D. Gruber Dr.

Remembering the life and work of Polish architect and architectural historian Kazimierz Maciej Piechotka who with his wife Maria reintroduced the world to the marvels of Polish wooden and masonry synagogues in a series of important books and articles beginning Boznice Drewniane (1957) published in English as Wooden Synagogues in 1959. Piechotka, who fought in the Warsaw uprising and spent eight months in a German prisoner of war camp, was also an accomplished architect.


Synagogues, Europe: Medieval To Eighteenth Century, Samuel D. Gruber Dr. Jan 2011

Synagogues, Europe: Medieval To Eighteenth Century, Samuel D. Gruber Dr.

Samuel D. Gruber Dr.

No abstract provided.


Synagogues: Twentieth Century, Samuel D. Gruber Dr. Jan 2011

Synagogues: Twentieth Century, Samuel D. Gruber Dr.

Samuel D. Gruber Dr.

No abstract provided.


Arnold W. Brunner And The New Classical Synagogue In America, Samuel D. Gruber Dr. Jan 2011

Arnold W. Brunner And The New Classical Synagogue In America, Samuel D. Gruber Dr.

Samuel D. Gruber Dr.

Arnold W. Brunner (1857–1925), Albert Kahn (1869–1942), and other Jewish architects played an important role in reviving the classical style for American synagogue design at the turn of the twentieth century, putting their stamp on American Jewish identity and American architecture. The American-born Brunner was the preferred architect of New York’s Jewish establishment from the 1880s until his death. He adopted the classical style with his third New York synagogue, Congregation Shearith Israel, dedicated in 1897, and then championed the style in his extensive public writing about synagogue design. The classical style was subsequently widely accepted nationally by Reform congregations, …


Historic And Cultural Heritage Sites Of The Old Believers In Lithuania, Samuel D. Gruber Dr. Jan 2006

Historic And Cultural Heritage Sites Of The Old Believers In Lithuania, Samuel D. Gruber Dr.

Samuel D. Gruber Dr.

No abstract provided.


Jewish Identity In Modern Synagogue Architecture, Samuel D. Gruber Dr. Jan 2004

Jewish Identity In Modern Synagogue Architecture, Samuel D. Gruber Dr.

Samuel D. Gruber Dr.

examines the way in which Jewish identity is expressed in the architecture of modern synagogues and other Jewish-purpose buildings, and also how these very buildings help shape contemproary Jewish identity.


Monumenti Storici Ebraici In Europa, Samuel D. Gruber Dr. Jan 2002

Monumenti Storici Ebraici In Europa, Samuel D. Gruber Dr.

Samuel D. Gruber Dr.

Reviews ten years in the developing field of historic preservation of Jewish monuments, focusing on projects in Europe, including those of the Jewish Heritage Program of the World Monuments Fund.


Silenced Sacred Spaces: Selected Photographs Of Syrian Synagogues By Robert Lyons, Exhibition Essay, Lowe Art Gallery, Syracuse University, Samuel D. Gruber Dr. Sep 1996

Silenced Sacred Spaces: Selected Photographs Of Syrian Synagogues By Robert Lyons, Exhibition Essay, Lowe Art Gallery, Syracuse University, Samuel D. Gruber Dr.

Samuel D. Gruber Dr.

No abstract provided.


"Representations Of Domestic Space In Medieval Italian Painting" Paper Delivered At The Fordham Medieval Conference: The Family In The Middle Ages, Samuel D. Gruber Dr. Mar 1995

"Representations Of Domestic Space In Medieval Italian Painting" Paper Delivered At The Fordham Medieval Conference: The Family In The Middle Ages, Samuel D. Gruber Dr.

Samuel D. Gruber Dr.

This paper, presented at a conference in 1995, presents impressions about the interior spaces of medieval Italian urban houses based on architecture, literature and painting. The paper in its present state refers to many works of art but is not illustrated or annotated.


The Future Of Jewish Monuments, Exhibition Essay, The Joseph Gallery, Hebrew Union College, New York,, Samuel D. Gruber Dr. Nov 1990

The Future Of Jewish Monuments, Exhibition Essay, The Joseph Gallery, Hebrew Union College, New York,, Samuel D. Gruber Dr.

Samuel D. Gruber Dr.

No abstract provided.


Ordering The Urban Environment: City Statutes And City Planning In Medieval Todi, Italy, Samuel D. Gruber Dr. Jan 1990

Ordering The Urban Environment: City Statutes And City Planning In Medieval Todi, Italy, Samuel D. Gruber Dr.

Samuel D. Gruber Dr.

Discusses the deliberate urban policies that of medieval Todi, Italy that helped create a functioning and beautiful medieval town through explicit laws and the careful micro-planning that utilized an incremental urbanism to create an inter-connected and integrated urban environment. Many of the medieval views visitors assume are part of an "organic" growth are actually careful projections of communal power and order.