The visual Dreyfus Affair - a new text?: On the Dreyfus Affair exhibition at the Jewish Museum, New York

Richard I Cohen

The visual Dreyfus Affair - a new text? On the Dreyfus Affair exhibition at the Jewish Museum, New York

Department of Jewish History and Contemporary Jewry

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	71-90
Number of pages	20
Journal	Studies in Contemporary Jewry
Volume	6
State	Published - 1990

Bibliographical note

Record created automatically from multi-article record # 000036062

RAMBI Publications

Rambi Publications
Dreyfus, Alfred -- 1859-1935 -- Exhibitions
Dreyfus, Alfred -- 1859-1935 -- Trials, litigation, etc
Jewish Museum (New York, N.Y.)
Antisemitism -- France -- History -- 19th century -- Pictorial works
Antisemitism in art -- Exhibitions
Jews in art
Jews -- Caricatures and cartoons -- Exhibitions

Cite this

@article{2a878d9bb6ed484a8dbee9ba97c0e4ce,

title = "The visual Dreyfus Affair - a new text?: On the Dreyfus Affair exhibition at the Jewish Museum, New York",

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.",

author = "Cohen, {Richard I}",

note = "Record created automatically from multi-article record # 000036062",

year = "1990",

language = "אנגלית",

volume = "6",

pages = "71--90",

journal = "Studies in Contemporary Jewry",

issn = "0740-8625",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - The visual Dreyfus Affair - a new text?

T2 - On the Dreyfus Affair exhibition at the Jewish Museum, New York

AU - Cohen, Richard I

N1 - Record created automatically from multi-article record # 000036062

PY - 1990

Y1 - 1990

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

UR - https://uli.nli.org.il/discovery/search?query=issn,exact,0740-8625&tab=LibraryCatalog&search_scope=MyInstitution&vid=972NNL_ULI_C:MAIN

M3 - ???researchoutput.researchoutputtypes.contributiontojournal.article???

SN - 0740-8625

VL - 6

SP - 71

EP - 90

JO - Studies in Contemporary Jewry

JF - Studies in Contemporary Jewry

ER -

The visual Dreyfus Affair - a new text? On the Dreyfus Affair exhibition at the Jewish Museum, New York

Abstract

Bibliographical note

RAMBI Publications

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this