Israel Jewish Religious Art: "Jerusalem"
Collection: Spiritual Connections
Object Category: Religious Items
Object Type: Religious Art
Country: Israel
Continent: Middle East
Geographic Region: Western Asia/Middle East
Materials: Cotton
width: 10 in;
height: 16 in;
depth: .25 in
This Israeli art represents Jerusalem, combining features of the real city and signs of its symbolic meanings. Depictions of Jerusalem and of the Jerusalem Temple convey the Jewish attitude to Jerusalem as the terrestrial abode of God's Sanctuary and the foremost place of divine worship.
Source:
https://www.academia.edu/469704/Ilia_Rodov_Jerusalem_In_Art_Encyclopaedia_Judaica_vol_11_2nd_ed_eds_Michael_Berenbaum_and_Fred_Skolnik_Detroit_Macmillan_Reference_USA_2007_224_248