The story of dealers of Old Masters, champions of modern art, and victims of Nazi plunder. ¿Since the late-1990s, the fate of Nazi stolen art has become a cause célèbre. In Belonging and Betrayal, Charles Dellheim turns this story on its head by revealing how certain Jewish outsiders came to acquire so many old and modern masterpieces in the first place ¿ and what this reveals about Jews, art, and modernity. This book tells the epic story of the fortunes and misfortunes of a small number of eminent art dealers and collectors who, against the odds, played a pivotal role in the migration of works of art from Europe to the United States and in the triumph of modern art. Beautifully written and compellingly told, this story takes place on both sides of the Atlantic from the late nineteenth century to the present. It is set against the backdrop of critical transformations, among them the gradual opening of European high culture, the ambiguities of Jewish acculturation, the massive sell-off
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A collection of 50 of the most significant speeches from around the globe that demonstrably changed the modern world and analysis into the impact they had.
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At a time when hostilities and violence in the Middle East and Persian Gulf continually threaten the world with war, anyone seeking to understand the current situation must become familiar with the interrelationships of the Jewish and Arab cultures.This...
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<p>Exam board: OCR<br>Level: GCSE<br>Subject: History<br>First teaching: September 2016<br>First exams: Summer 2018<br><br><b>An OCR endorsed textbook</b><br><br><b>Trust Ben Walsh...
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