Synagogue (John Singer Sargent)
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Synagogue (John Singer Sargent)
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Synagogue is an allegorical mural by John Singer Sargent in the Boston Public Library. It is part of Sargent's larger Triumph of Religion mural cycle in the library's central branch at Copley Square. Synagogue was unveiled in 1919, and it sparked immediate controversy. The cowering and feeble personification of the Synagogue stood in contrast with Sargent's glorified depiction of the Church in the mural cycle, and members of the Jewish community observed that the series delivered an implicit mes
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Painting by John Singer Sargent
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synagogue_(John_Singer_Sargent)
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2024-02-20T14:46:01Z
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