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The house of fragile things : jewish art collectors and the fall of france

A powerful history of Jewish art collectors in France, and how an embrace of art and beauty was met with hatred and destruction

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Main Author: McAuley, James (Author, VerfasserIn)
Document Type: Online Resource Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven ; London : Yale University Press , 2021
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Related Items:Erscheint auch als: The house of fragile things
Author Notes:James Mcauley
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Summary:A powerful history of Jewish art collectors in France, and how an embrace of art and beauty was met with hatred and destruction
Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- Maps -- Genealogies -- INTRODUCTION A LETTER -- 1 PORTRAITS OF A MILIEU A JEWISH ELITE IN CRISIS -- 2 DREYFUS AND DRUMONT TOWARDS A MATERIAL ANTISEMITISM -- 3 'APOGEE OF THE ISRAE´LITE' JEWISH COLLECTORS AND THE FIRST WORLD WAR -- 4 MOISE DE CAMONDO CHAOS AND CONTROL -- 5 THE´ODORE REINACHJ EWISH PAST, FRENCH FUTURE -- 6 BE´ATRICE E´PHRUSSI DE ROTHSCHILD A WOMAN COLLECTS -- 7 MUSEUMS OF MEMORY FROM PRIVATE COLLECTIONS TO NATIONAL BEQUESTS -- 8 TO THE END OF THE LINE DRANCY AND AUSCHWITZ -- 9 'LA PETITE IRE`NE' THE AFTERLIFE OF A PORTRAIT -- CONCLUSION A DEATH CERTIFICATE -- NOTES -- INDEX.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 301 Seiten) Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:9780300252545