| Editors & Curators |
Willy Lindwer, Hermine Pool. |
| Collection |
Willy Lindwer. |
| Imprint |
Zwolle, Netherlands, 2009. 223 pp., illustrations: 234 col., 26 b&w, 31 × 24.5 cm. English and Dutch. |
| ISBN |
9789040086380 |
| Location |
Bijbels Museum, Amsterdam (10 December 2009–5 September 2010) |
| Description |
Objects that individually and collectively express the relationship between European Jews and Christians to the land of the Bible. The collection represents 150 years of life and art in the Holy Land, and illuminates the country’s geography, history, folk art, fine art and photography. 7 essays, including “The Bible Land in Photography 1839–1939” (Yeshayahu Nir), “Remember Zion, Jewish Folk and Souvenir Art in the Nineteenth Century” (Shalom Sabar), and “Art in the Land of Israel” (Gideon Ofrat). Descriptive entries. 255 items. |
| main keywords |
CEREMONIAL OBJECTSERETZ ISRAELFOLK ARTJERUSALEMJERUSALEM IN ARTHOLY LAND SOUVENIRSPHOTOGRAPHSPRINTS |
| minor keywords |
AmuletsBesamimBezalel Art SchoolBook bindingsCandlesticks/CandelabraCarpets/RugsEtrog containersHanukkah lampsHebrew illuminated manuscripts, 19th–21st CHerzl, TheodoreHistorical documentsHoly Land souvenirs, olive woodJewelryJewish National FundKetubbotKiddush cupsLilien, Ephraim M.Matzah covers/bagsMedalsMicrographyMizrachMontefiore, MosesNeedlework/Embroidery folk panelsNer TamidPaintings, Eretz Israel/Holy LandPesach platesPostcardsPrints, biblical imagesPrints, Eretz Israel/Holy LandPrints, synagoguesRaban, Ze’evRimmonimSamaritansScrolls of Esther, casesShana Tova greeting cardsShiviti plaques, paperSoldiers (Jewish) & related objectsTapestriesTombs of the RighteousTzedakah boxes/containersWriting implementsYadZionism |
| Related ephemera |
Promotional material describing the exhibition and its catalog, 4 pp., 41 b&w illus. |