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The article presents the image of the Holy City of Jerusalem in the poetry of one of the most distinguished Israeli artists, Jehuda Amichai. Here, the imagery includes the dominant motifs of stone, water, and light. Stone, as shown in the images of soaring temples and houses, symbolizes, on the one hand, power and stability; it guards the past and expresses religious zeal. On the other hand, however,...
The paper focuses on the 1970 encounter between Israeli planning officials and an advisory committee of architectural luminaries, which unraveled a fundamental conflict between two visions for the city of Jerusalem. The Isarelis advocated high-modernist vision—functionalist, progressive, and geared toward everyday life—thereby stressing the role of the city as a civic capital. The committee emphasized...
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