Contributions

  • Muzeʼon Yiśraʼel (Jerusalem) - Contributor
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) - Contributor
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art. - Contributor
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. - Contributor

Publication

1986 - Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

70,000 words, Guess

Page Count

280 pages

Identifiers

and 11 more
  • ISBN-139780870994708
  • ISBN-139780870994715
  • ISBN-139780810916920
  • Goodreads5509364', '6166780
  • Library of Congress Control Number86221369
  • Library of Congress Control Number86005379
  • OCLC Control Number315244202
  • OCLC Control Number15252711
  • Better World Books9780870994715
  • Better World Books9780870994708
  • Open LibraryOL2332747M

Classifications

  • DDC933/.00740956944
  • LCCDS111.A1 T73 1986
  • LCCN5460 .T73 1986

Description

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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