Monday, July 21, 2008

'The Jew in the Art of the Italian Renaissance' by Dana E. Katz

The Jew in the Art of the Italian Renaissance
by Dana E. Katz
University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008

Dana E. Katz reveals how Italian Renaissance painting became part of a policy of tolerance that deflected violence from the real world onto a symbolic world. While the rulers upheld toleration legislation governing Christian-Jewish relations, they simultaneously supported artistic commissions that perpetuated violence against Jews.

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