The Resource The house of fragile things : Jewish art collectors and the fall of France, James McAuley
The house of fragile things : Jewish art collectors and the fall of France, James McAuley
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- Summary
- In the dramatic years between 1870 and the end of World War II, a number of prominent French Jews--pillars of an embattled community--invested their fortunes in France's cultural artifacts, sacrificed their sons to the country's army, and were ultimately rewarded by seeing their collections plundered and their families deported to Nazi concentration camps. In this rich, evocative account, James McAuley explores the central role that art and material culture played in the assimilation and identity of French Jews in the fin-de-siècle. Weaving together narratives of various figures, some familiar from the works of Marcel Proust and the diaries of Jules and Edmond Goncourt--the Camondos, the Rothschilds, the Ephrussis, the Cahens d'Anvers--McAuley shows how Jewish art collectors contended with a powerful strain of anti-Semitism: they were often accused of "invading" France's cultural patrimony. The collections these families left behind--many ultimately donated to the French state--were their response, tragic attempts to celebrate a nation that later betrayed them
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xii, 301 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
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- Introduction: a letter
- Portraits of a milieu: a Jewish elite in crisis
- Dreyfus and Drumont: towards a material antisemitism
- 'Apogee of the Israélite': Jewish collectors and the First World War
- Moïse de Camondo: chaos and control
- Théodore Reinach: Jewish past, French future
- Béatrice Éphrussi de Rothschild: a woman collects
- Museums of Memory: from private collections to national bequests
- To the end of the line: Drancy and Auschwitz
- 'La Petite Irène': the afterlife of a portrait
- Conclusion: a death certificate
- Isbn
- 9780300233377
- Label
- The house of fragile things : Jewish art collectors and the fall of France
- Title
- The house of fragile things
- Title remainder
- Jewish art collectors and the fall of France
- Statement of responsibility
- James McAuley
- Subject
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- Art -- Collectors and collecting -- France -- Biography
- Art -- Private collections
- Art -- Protection
- Art and society
- Art and society -- France -- History -- 19th century
- Art and society -- France -- History -- 20th century
- Art donors -- France -- Biography
- Confiscations
- France
- 1800-1999
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- France
- Jewish families -- France -- Biography
- Jews -- France -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- Jews -- France -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- Jews -- Social conditions
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Confiscations and contributions -- France
- History
- Antisemitism
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In the dramatic years between 1870 and the end of World War II, a number of prominent French Jews--pillars of an embattled community--invested their fortunes in France's cultural artifacts, sacrificed their sons to the country's army, and were ultimately rewarded by seeing their collections plundered and their families deported to Nazi concentration camps. In this rich, evocative account, James McAuley explores the central role that art and material culture played in the assimilation and identity of French Jews in the fin-de-siècle. Weaving together narratives of various figures, some familiar from the works of Marcel Proust and the diaries of Jules and Edmond Goncourt--the Camondos, the Rothschilds, the Ephrussis, the Cahens d'Anvers--McAuley shows how Jewish art collectors contended with a powerful strain of anti-Semitism: they were often accused of "invading" France's cultural patrimony. The collections these families left behind--many ultimately donated to the French state--were their response, tragic attempts to celebrate a nation that later betrayed them
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- UKMGB
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1989-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- McAuley, James K.
- Dewey number
- 704.03924/044
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- DS135.F83
- LC item number
- M42 2021
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Jewish families
- Art
- Art donors
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Jews
- Jews
- Art and society
- Art and society
- World War, 1939-1945
- Antisemitism
- Art and society
- Art
- Art
- Confiscations
- Jews
- France
- Label
- The house of fragile things : Jewish art collectors and the fall of France, James McAuley
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- Content type code
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- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: a letter -- Portraits of a milieu: a Jewish elite in crisis -- Dreyfus and Drumont: towards a material antisemitism -- 'Apogee of the Israélite': Jewish collectors and the First World War -- Moïse de Camondo: chaos and control -- Théodore Reinach: Jewish past, French future -- Béatrice Éphrussi de Rothschild: a woman collects -- Museums of Memory: from private collections to national bequests -- To the end of the line: Drancy and Auschwitz -- 'La Petite Irène': the afterlife of a portrait -- Conclusion: a death certificate
- Control code
- 2021930169
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xii, 301 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780300233377
- Lccn
- 2021930169
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)on1233317912
- Label
- The house of fragile things : Jewish art collectors and the fall of France, James McAuley
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: a letter -- Portraits of a milieu: a Jewish elite in crisis -- Dreyfus and Drumont: towards a material antisemitism -- 'Apogee of the Israélite': Jewish collectors and the First World War -- Moïse de Camondo: chaos and control -- Théodore Reinach: Jewish past, French future -- Béatrice Éphrussi de Rothschild: a woman collects -- Museums of Memory: from private collections to national bequests -- To the end of the line: Drancy and Auschwitz -- 'La Petite Irène': the afterlife of a portrait -- Conclusion: a death certificate
- Control code
- 2021930169
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xii, 301 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780300233377
- Lccn
- 2021930169
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)on1233317912
Subject
- Art -- Collectors and collecting -- France -- Biography
- Art -- Private collections
- Art -- Protection
- Art and society
- Art and society -- France -- History -- 19th century
- Art and society -- France -- History -- 20th century
- Art donors -- France -- Biography
- Confiscations
- France
- 1800-1999
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- France
- Jewish families -- France -- Biography
- Jews -- France -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- Jews -- France -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- Jews -- Social conditions
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Confiscations and contributions -- France
- History
- Antisemitism
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