Ze\'ev Raban Hebrew Symbolist Book Israeli Bezalel Artist Art Tel Aviv Museum
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Ze\'ev Raban Hebrew Symbolist Book Israeli Bezalel Artist Art Tel Aviv Museum:
$69.99
This listing is for the 234-page hardcover book \"Ze\'ev Raban: A Hebrew Symbolist\" published in 2001 for an exhibition at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Book measures 9\" x 11 3/8\". There are over 200 items by Raban pictured including many in color. About 20 pages of the book are in English. Each items pictured is identified in both English and Hebrew. The bulk of the text is in Hebrew. Raban created and designed a wide variety of items including sculptures, books, an Elijah Chair, Torah Ark, playing cards, wine labels, calendars, posters, ceramic tiles, plaques, menorahs, and much more. This book is in great condition except for a tear to the dust jacket.Please see the photos for more detail.Money-back guarantee.From the book: The retrospective exhibition devoted to Ze\'ev Raban launches the 70th Birthday celebrations of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Ze\'ev Raban was a complex artist. A sculptor by training and inclination, his strongest works were in stone and metal, yet he also worked on book illustrations. He was a virtuoso draughtsman who based his compositions on contrasting color as well as an expert in many areas of the decorative arts. Raban worked from a sophisticated base of Symbolist and Idealist art, tempered with anthroposophy. Symbolist art relies on ideas and symbols rather than on a naturalistic or realistic depiction, crystallized in reaction to the development of science, Positivism, and an increasingly materialistic society. In his lifetime, Raban\'s works did not receive the recognition they deserved, because following World War I. and with the emergence of the Modernist school of art, Symbolist art was neglected. Only recently has there been a renewed appreciation of the specific strain of art associated with Raban\'s work. Raban arrived in Palestine in 1912 along with other enthused Zionists, in the midst of a wave of immigration called the Second Aliyah. Upon his arrival in Palestine, Raban joined the staff of the Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts, at the invitation of its director, Professor Boris Schatz. Raban is considered by scholars to be the major proponent of the Bezalel School of art style, which sythesized European art trends, techniques of Eastern applied art, and biblical or Jewish motifs.
Ze\'ev Raban Hebrew Symbolist Book Israeli Bezalel Artist Art Tel Aviv Museum:
$69.99