Treasures of the Holy Land: Ancient Art from the Israel MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art, 1986 - 280 עמודים The art and history of the Holy Land are presented here by distinguished members of the curatorial staff of the Israel Museum, Jerusalem. A series of essays examines this land's rich complexity from prehistory through the Islamic conquest of A.D. 640, and almost two hundred works of art are discussed in texts that explore their cultural, historical, religious, and aesthetic significance. Maps, site photographs, and comparative illustrations add to the reader's appreciation of a land whose great intellectual force continues to mold today's world. |
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DIRECTOR OF THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART | 7 |
INTRODUCTION BY YAEL ISRAELI AND MIRIAM TADMOR | 19 |
CHALCOLITHIC PERIOD | 57 |
זכויות יוצרים | |
1 קטעים אחרים שאינם מוצגים
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
ancient animal Antiquities and Museums Archaeology Ashdod Assyria Beersheba Beth Shean Bible biblical body bone bowl Bronze Age burial Byzantine Canaan Canaanite Canaanite period carved Cave century B.C. Chalcolithic Chalcolithic period clay contemporaneous copper cult culture Dead Sea decorated Deir el-Balah Department of Antiquities depicted diameter Early ears Egypt Egyptian excavations eyes figurines fragments Gezer glass gold grooves Hazor Hebrew University height Hellenistic Highlights of Archaeology Holy Land human IDAM incised inscriptions Israel Department Israel Exploration Israel Museum Israelite ivory Jericho Jerusalem jewelry Jewish Judaean Desert Judah king known Lachish limestone lion mace heads mask Mediterranean Megiddo millennium B.C. mosaic motifs Nahal Nahal Mishmar Natufian Negev objects orthostat ossuaries painted Phoenician Photograph piece plaque pottery Pre-Pottery Neolithic Qumran REFERENCES represent Roman Samaria scrolls seal Second Temple shape statuette stone style Tell Temple period tion tomb Treasure upper Yarmukian