Treasures of the Holy Land
Subtitle: ancient art from the Israel Museum.
Contributors: Muzeʼon Yiśraʼel (Jerusalem); Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.); Los Angeles County Museum of Art.; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Published: 1986
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
Subjects: Muzeʼon Yiśraʼel (Jerusalem) -- Exhibitions; Art, Ancient -- Palestine -- Exhibitions; Palestine -- Antiquities -- Exhibitions
Description: The art and history of the Holy Land are presented here by distinguished members of the curatorial staff of the Israel Museum, Jerusalem. A series of essays examines this land's rich complexity from prehistory through the Islamic conquest of A.D. 640, and almost two hundred works of art are discussed in texts that explore their cultural, historical, religious, and aesthetic significance. Maps, site photographs, and comparative illustrations add to the reader's appreciation of a land whose great intellectual force continues to mold today's world.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 280.
Exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sept. 25, 1986 to Jan. 4, 1987; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Apr. 9, 1987 to July 5, 1987, and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Oct. 31, 1987 to Jan. 17, 1988.