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The Scholar, the Laborer, and the Toiler of the Soil
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Maurice Ascalon, sometimes called the father of modern Israeli decorative arts, was commissioned to create this sculpture for the façade of the Palestine Pavilion of the 1939 New York World’s Fair…

Contributor:

Maurice Ascalon

Places:

Mandate Palestine (Palestine)

Date:

1939

Subjects:

Education, Labor, Aesthetics, Politics

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Sculpture, Decorative Arts
Copper relief sculpture depicting three hooded men. The one on the left holds a scroll and has a long beard, the middle holds a hammer, and the right holds a hand plow and has a short beard.
Judahite Captives among the Builders of Sennacherib’s Palace
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This relief from Sennacherib’s palace shows workers rebuilding Nineveh, harnessed by shoulder straps to ropes by which they haul a large bull colossus toward the palace. Workers from various places…

Places:

Nineveh, Assyria (Mosul, Iraq)

Date:

Early 7th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Dress, Labor

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Dress & Adornment, Sculpture
Wall relief showing workers wearing tunics, caps, and sashes, harnessed by shoulder straps to ropes and leaning forward.