תיאור:
Jerusalem Stone and Spirit, 3000 years of history and art by Dan Bahat and Shimon Sabar, design by Joseph Jibri and Nadia Gorenstein, introduction by Ezer Weizmann, President of the State of Israel.
This is a large, album format book, 25 x 35 cm, 151 pages, heavy chromo paper, beautiful color photographs throughout the book. The book has a heavy cardboard holder, both are in excellent condition, as new.
Chapters include:
Jerusalem in Art throughout the ages: reality and imagination
Jerusalem's beginnings: the city in antiquity
The city of King David
King Solomon builds the Temple
The capital of the Kingdom of Judah
Greek rule and the Hasmonean Kingdom
Herod's capital: the city at its most magnificent
Aelia Capitolina: paganism and Christianity
The Byzantine holy city
The rise of the Cresecent: Beit Al-Makdas
The return of the Cross
An oriental city: the Mamelukes and the Ottmans
Return and renewal: the capital of Israel
