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November 17th - Day 5
November 17th - Day 5
Today was Saturday, and as it was Shabbat, most businesses were closed. However, many museums were open, and so this is our day to learn more about the history and art of Israel and Tel Aviv.
Today was Saturday, and as it was Shabbat, most businesses were closed. However, many museums were open, and so this is our day to learn more about the history and art of Israel and Tel Aviv.
The Eretz Israel Museum, is built around Tell Qasile, an ancient archaeological site dating from the 12th century BC, and contains multiple indoor and outdoor pavilions. It contains a large collection of exhibits relating to history, culture, arts and crafts and archaeology. We enjoyed the art work as much as the archaeology. Both are deeply interwoven in Israel's complex history, and made for very interesting day.
The Eretz Israel Museum, is built around Tell Qasile, an ancient archaeological site dating from the 12th century BC, and contains multiple indoor and outdoor pavilions. It contains a large collection of exhibits relating to history, culture, arts and crafts and archaeology. We enjoyed the art work as much as the archaeology. Both are deeply interwoven in Israel's complex history, and made for very interesting day.
The museum was about 30 minutes by bicycle from our apartment. Travelling there was a bit challenging. It's a day off for many in Israel, so beaches and bike paths were packed with people.
Israeli dancing on a plaza next to the beach
Outdoor gym along the bike path in Yarkon Park, next to the Yarkon River. It would be great if Vancouver was sunny enough throughout the year for something like this.
A view from an ancient stone wall, part of the Eratz Israel Museum's archaeological site, with the modern city of Tel Aviv in the distance. The old, and very new are interwoven throughout Israel.
The Letterpress machine used in Israel to create its first postage stamps. When the British left, Israel had to create, almost overnight the entire infrastructure of running a modern country.
At a glass factory in Israel, mountains of broken bottles become art under photographer Oded Balilty’s creative eye, shown here as part of the ancient Glass exhibit in the Eraz Museum, and also for the National Geographic in a fascinating video exhibition. The glass factory makes than a million bottles each day in Israel. About 300,000 of them are lost either through breakage or while switching the color and style in production, which go outside, is sorted, and recycled every day.
Wine making press from the 5-6th century BCE, with a treading floor in the centre, secondary pressing installation in the centre, juice collecting channels and reservoirs.
A screw-type wine press from France, at the end of the 19th century
Olive Press
Glass drinking horn, 1st century C.E. from the Early Roman Period.
"As much as possible", by Tali Navon 2018, from the Family Life exhibit at Eretz Israel Museum
"Bride', by Samira Wahbi 2017
"Freud" by Eyal Radwinowitz. part of the set of paintings offered for sale in support of children at risk in Israel.
The Mattis quartet, from Lithuania. These young, gifted musicians played an interesting work from a Lithuanian composer I've never heard of, Mikalojus Čiurlionis (1875-1911). Čiurlionis was both an artist and a composer, and Lithuanian as well. Performing his String Quartet in C minor tonight, in an art museum, was therefore particularly appropriate. Interestingly, Čiurlionis was a "synesthete", i.e., he perceived colors and music simultaneously. Many of his 400 surviving paintings reflect this, as they are named after musical pieces, e.g., sonatas, preludes and fugues,. Also performed tonight, beautifully:
- Joseph Haydn quartet in D Major, Opis 64 no 5 “The Lark”
- Beethoven quartet no 14 in C sharp minor opus 131, an absolutely magnificent work. Beethoven considered it to be one of his favorites, written in the later period of his life.
At the Family Life exhibit, Eretz Israel Museum. Click in the "Play" button to view.
"Home", by Suly Bornstein Wolff, part of a collection of paintaings for sale at the Eretz israel Museum to raise funds in support of children at risk.
"Trampoline" by Mierav Heiman, 2010
We completed a very full day with a performance at the Israel Museum of Art, a stunning architectural building, and work of art in its own right. The art gallery area of the museum was closed for the evening, but we visit it while we are here.
and below for collections of photos of some of the museum galleries
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