Author : Muzeʼon Yiśraʼel (Jerusalem)
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 36,1 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Art
ISBN : 0870994700
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.