Nationalism, the Jews, and art history. From: Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life andThought | Date: September 22, 1996| Author: | COPYRIGHT 1996 American Jewish Congress. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

Jewish works of art have been excluded from art history for several reasons. First, Jews lacked a geographical location and did not compose a single community. A reconstruction of the temples of Solomon also led to the conclusion that the Jews lacked artistic abilities and, worse, had no art of their own. Anti-Semitism in art history also developed due to their anti-art stance arising from the Scriptural prohibition against graven images.

1. Introduction: Vienna 1980

Anti-Semitic art historians, we assume, need not write anti-Semitic art history. Granted, Orientalism, of which ...

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