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The Museum of Applied Arts in Budapest is considered an art-nouveau masterpiece. When it was built, it was ground-breaking not only for Hungarian architecture but also for museum architecture in…
Contributor:
Ödön Lechner, Gyula Pártos
Places:
Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Budapest, Hungary)
Date:
1896
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This amulet was presented by members of the Jewish community of Prague to the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II. At its center sits a seven-branched menorah surrounded by a prayer on Rudolf’s behalf…
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Artist Unknown
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
ca. 1600
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This painting exemplifies the decorative plaques that sometimes adorned the eastern walls of synagogues to commemorate the glory of the Temple in Jerusalem and indicate the direction of prayer. In…
Contributor:
Netanel Leichter
Places:
Lwow, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Lviv, Ukraine)
Date:
1898