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Exegi monumentum : monuments of Jews in public spaces in Budapest as texts (1880–1944)
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Hungarian Jews
Sculpture
anti-semitism
gender
monuments
urban studies
Demography
History
Sculpture
anti-semitism
gender
monuments
urban studies
Demography
History
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14018/26468
Abstract
The late 19th and early 20th centuries were a period when artistic endeavours, aimed at expressing a national identity, were thriving in Hungary. The Jewish minority of Budapest also found it important to be present in public spaces. A couple of years after the emancipation of Hungarian Jews, the first statues of Jewish personalities appeared on the streets of Budapest. Who were these statues dedicated to? Who were the artists commissioned, and who paid for them? What were the invisible texts beyond reading the statues as texts? What happened to the public monuments during the Second World War? This paper aims to respond to these questions as a part of a research project mapping Jewish interventions in public art in Budapest.
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Journal article
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2024-02-25
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10.1080/02619288.2024.2321340