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Anna Ticho’s life work was drawing the landscapes of the Judean Mountains and Jerusalem. In the 1950s, she was able more easily to access these landscapes when she bought a house in Motza, a town on…
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Anna Ticho
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Date unknown, mid-20th century
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The little blue butterfly was born in the red bell of a morning glory. She had been a caterpillar before that and had lived for a while in a cocoon, but she could remember nothing about it.
She peeped…
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Anna Lesznai
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1912
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Many of the seal impressions, with the inscription lamelekh “(Belonging, or pertaining) to the king,” followed by the name of a city, feature a two-winged figure, probably a winged sun disk…
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Tel ‘Erani, Land of Israel (Tel ‘Erani, Israel)
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Iron Age IIB–IIC, Late 8th–7th Century BCE
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This and the next several ivories come from the approximately twelve thousand ivory pieces and fragments that were found in the royal compound in the city of Samaria, capital of the Northern Kingdom…
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Samaria, Land of Israel (Samaria, Israel)
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Iron Age IIA–IIB, 9th–8th Century BCE
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The lotus image on this ivory from Samaria was originally an Egyptian symbol of the life-giving power of the god Ra—experienced through the fragrance of the flower—and of the afterlife.
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Samaria, Land of Israel (Samaria, Israel)
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Iron Age IIA–IIB, 9th–8th Century BCE
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Engraved tridacna (clam) shells like this one from Arad seem to have been used as cosmetic containers in the Near East and Mediterranean worlds in the late seventh and early sixth centuries BCE. This…
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Arad, Land of Israel (Tel ‘Arad, Israel)
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Iron Age IIC, Second Half of 7th–Early 6th Century BCE
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This copper Torah crown was made in Bolzano, Italy. An excellent repoussé piece, its delicate pierced and traced decorations are adorned with floral arrangements of leaves and vines. The shape of this…
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Artist Unknown
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Bolzano, Holy Roman Empire (Bolzano, Italy)
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1698/9
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Ḥay ibn Yaqẓān, composed by the Muslim philosopher Abū Bakr ibn Tufayl al-Qaysi (1110–1185), relates the story of Ḥay ibn Yaqẓān, literally “Alive, son of Awake,” as he grows up alone on a deserted…
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Solomon Norzi
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1527
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Raban was known as a designer, painter, and book illustrator but also designed at least two posters, including this one for the Society for the Promotion of Travel in the Holy Land. The poster’s…
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Ze’ev Raban
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Mandate Palestine (Palestine, Palestine)
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1929
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The photomontages that Benor-Kalter began to make in the 1930s were a departure from his earlier straightforward style and allowed him to use photography to create visual metaphors. Here, a…
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Jacob Benor-Kalter
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Mandate Palestine (Israel, Israel)
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1929–1939