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Terra-cotta pillar figurines are found throughout the biblical territory of Judah and date to the eighth to seventh centuries BCE. Most were decorated with a white background layer and one or more…
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Lachish, Land of Israel (Tel Lakhish, Israel)
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Iron Age IIB–IIC, 8th–7th Century BCE
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In this terra-cotta figurine from Beersheba, 5.5 inches (14 cm) high, the face is made by pinching the clay to draw out the nose, thereby forming the eye sockets. The nose has a beak-like appearance…
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Beersheba, Land of Israel (Beersheba, Israel)
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Iron Age IIB, Late 8th Century BCE
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This terra-cotta figurine from Lachish is very schematic, and the rider’s legs are not shown. The rider cannot represent an average person because people—even kings—more often rode on donkeys and…
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Lachish, Land of Israel (Tel Lakhish, Israel)
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Iron Age IIB, 8th Century BCE
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In this terra-cotta dove figurine from Beth Shemesh, 4 inches (10 cm) long, care was taken with the shape of the head and body and in showing the tail by painted lines. Yet there are no feet and the…
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Beth Shemesh, Land of Israel (Tel Bet Shemesh, Israel)
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Iron Age II, 10th–6th Century BCE
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Traditionally, the prophet Elijah is believed to be present at all Jewish circumcision ceremonies, and a chair is reserved for him. It serves as the seat of the godfather, who holds the baby boy…
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Ze’ev Raban
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Jerusalem, Mandate Palestine (Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1925
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Early in his career, Castel often painted pictures of Jews, like these, whose roots were in Arab lands. Many at the Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts, where he studied, believed that Yemenite Jews…
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Moshe Castel
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Jerusalem, Mandate Palestine (Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1926
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In the early 1980s, Eshel-Gershuni began making what she called “fetishes” or “impossible jewelry,” transferring her skills as a jewelry-maker to sculpture. She combined expensive materials like gold…
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Bianca Eshel-Gershuni
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Tel Aviv, Israel
Date:
1981
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Tartakover is best known as a graphic artist and for his political posters. He considers himself a “local designer” with an obligation to speak out on Israeli political and social issues, especially…
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David Tartakover
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Tel Aviv, Israel
Date:
1982
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Disabled from childhood polio, Mizrachi creates sculptures that relate to the physical form of his subjects. His work, as in the Peace Rider, expresses his political position and vision for the future…
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Moti Mizrachi
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Jerusalem, Israel
Date:
1986
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In 1976, Safdie was appointed by Israel’s Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Authority to design a museum at Yad Vashem devoted to the 1.5 million children who were murdered in the Holocaust…
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Moshe Safdie
Places:
Jerusalem, Israel
Date:
1987