The tradition
The Bezalel academy was founded as an art movement in Palestine in the late Ottoman empire and British Mandate periods. The name Bezalel was chosen from the Bible, he was a master craftsman, specifically the chief artisan of the Tabernacle, a portable sanctuary built during the Israelites' journey through the desert. The school originally named for the Bezalel Art School, predecessor of the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, it has been described as "a fusion of oriental art and Art Nouveau." Boris Schatz, the father of Israeli art, founded the Bezalel academy of art, design and architecture in 1906 in Jerusalem. He aimed to establish an institution that combined education and craftsmanship, merging Eastern and Western cultures, a place to work and study.¶
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Bezalel school is art school in late Ottoman and British Mandatory Palestine, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition.1¶
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Sources
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| Wikidata: Bezalel school (Q4900293) | database | Wikidata |
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