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Israel Museum
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The Israel Museum complex was designed to harmonize with its surroundings. Its low, flat-roofed buildings with facings of Jerusalem limestone were intended to resemble an Arab village on a hilltop…

Contributor:

Alfred Mansfeld

Places:

Jerusalem, Israel

Date:

1965

Subjects:

Art, Archaeology, Cities, Education, Architecture

Categories:

Architecture
Photograph of several low buildings on a hill surrounded by trees.
The Temple of Solomon
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These two modern depictions of the Temple built by King Solomon on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem are based on biblical descriptions and pertinent archaeological evidence from other sanctuaries and…

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Land of Israel (Israel)

Date:

Biblical Period

Subjects:

Temple, Art, Scholarship, Ritual objects, Architecture

Categories:

Architecture
Digital illustration of three-story building with many evenly spaced windows and two columns in front.
Kikar Levana (White Square)
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Kikar Levana is an environmental sculpture in Tel Aviv, located on a hill in Edith Wolfson Park. Commissioned to commemorate the builders of the city, its simple geometrical shapes and white concrete…

Contributor:

Dani Karavan

Places:

Tel Aviv, Israel

Date:

1977–1988

Subjects:

Art, Minimalism, Israel/Israelis, Ecology, Economic life, Architecture, Sculpture

Categories:

Sculpture, Architecture
Concrete sculpture featuring a pyramid, water channel, tower with wind flutes, and a dome with olive tree in center set in a field.