Language:
English
Year of publication:
1990
Titel der Quelle:
Studies in Contemporary Jewry
Angaben zur Quelle:
6 (1990) 71-90
Keywords:
Dreyfus, Alfred, Exhibitions
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Dreyfus, Alfred, Trials, litigation, etc.
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Jewish Museum (New York, N.Y.)
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Antisemitism Pictorial works History 19th century
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Antisemitism in art Exhibitions
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Jews in art
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Jews Exhibitions Caricatures and cartoons
Abstract:
Discusses the significance of visual material relating to the Dreyfus Affair, especially the drawings and caricatures which appeared in the French press at the time. Relates to the negative image of the Jew, and the precedent set by Adolphe Willette, in his drawing "Les Juifs et la semaine sainte (1885), who established iconographic elements for the anti-Jewish imagery produced in the following 15 years. Points to the artistic tradition of depicting the Jew in racial terms, dating back to 18th-century England. This popular negative image, combined with traditional forms of French antisemitism, made it easy for anti-Dreyfusards to arouse the public to see Dreyfus as a modern-day Judas.
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