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Mayanot Gallery
Mayanot Gallery is an art gallery located on King George Street in Jerusalem, Israel. The gallery was opened in 1986 by Yael Gahnassia, soon after she immigrated to Jerusalem from Paris."A Class Act (Cover Story)," ec. 27, 2004, Israel Today. The gallery focuses on art with themes drawn from Jewish history, the Hebrew Bible, and the . Artists exhibited at the gallery include classic Israeli artists, among them , [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King George Street (Jerusalem)
King George Street ( he, רחוב המלך ג׳ורג׳, ''Rehov ha-Melekh Jorj'', ar, شارع الملك جورج ''Shara'a al-Malik Jurj'') is a street in central Jerusalem which joins the famous Ben Yehuda Street and Jaffa Road to form the Downtown Triangle central business district. The street was named in honour of King George V on December 9, 1924. History King George Street was dedicated in honour of the seventh anniversary of the British conquest of Jerusalem under General Allenby. The inauguration took place in 1924, in the presence of Sir Herbert Samuel, the High Commissioner for Palestine, Sir Ronald Storrs, the military governor of Jerusalem, and Raghib al-Nashashibi, the Arab mayor of Jerusalem. Jerusalem's first traffic light was installed at the intersection of King George Street and Jaffa Road. In 1950–1966, the Knesset, Israel's parliament, met at Beit Froumine on King George Street. It was used by Israel's first five governments, until the Knesset ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zvi Malnovitzer
Zvi Malnovitzer (Hebrew: צבי מלנוביצר, born 1945) is an expressionist painter born to a Haredi Judaism, Haredi, or ultra-Orthodox, religious family in Bnei Brak, Bnei Brak, Israel. His upbringing in a society isolated from the modern world, where he was dedicated to intensive and uninterrupted Talmudic study from a young age, makes his decision to become an artist unusual, bold, and one of accomplishment. During his training in Reichenau, Austria, where he studied under the auspices of artist Wolfgang Manner and under the direction of Ernst Fuchs (artist), Ernst Fuchs (renowned exponent of Vienna School of Fantastic Realism, Fantastic Realism, a 20th-century group of artists in Vienna combining techniques of the Old Masters with religious and esoteric symbolism), Malnvotizer developed a unique style portraying themes that straddle the religious and secular worlds. While Malnovitzer's work is inspired by the prolific portraits of Rembrandt, Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–166 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Museums And Galleries Established In 1986
Art is a diverse range of human behavior, human activity, and resulting product, that involves creative or imagination, imaginative talent expressive of technical proficiency, beauty, emotional power, or conceptual ideas. There is no generally agreed definition of what constitutes art, and its interpretation has varied greatly throughout history and across cultures. In the Western tradition, the three classical branches of visual art are painting, sculpture, and architecture. Theatre, dance, and other performing arts, as well as literature, music, film and other media such as interactive media, are included in a broader definition of the arts. Until the 17th century, ''art'' referred to any skill or mastery and was not differentiated from crafts or sciences. In modern usage after the 17th century, where aesthetic considerations are paramount, the fine arts are separated and distinguished from acquired skills in general, such as the decorative arts, decorative or applied arts. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
