The Jew in the Art of the Italian Renaissance

The Jew in the Art of the Italian Renaissance
Author: Dana E. Katz
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2008-06-04
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0812240855

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.