Slide Title
Preview
Date
3-1980
Description
The Shrine of the Book is a museum built to house the Dead Sea Scrolls, which were discovered between 1947 and 1956. The unusual design for the dome was based on imagery from one of the scrolls, specifically the War of the Sons of Light Against the Sons of Darkness.
Rights
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Creator 1 Role
Photographer
Creator 2 Dates
1910-2005
Creator 2 Role
Architect
Creator 3 Dates
1890-1965
Creator 3 Role
Architect
Creator 4 Role
Architect
Subject Headings
Architecture -- Museum architecture;
Country Name
Israel
City Name
Jerusalem
Recommended Citation
Smolski, Chet; Bartos, Armand Phillip; Kiesler, Frederick John; and Heller, Gezer, "Jerusalem: Shrine of the Book" (1980). Browse All. 734.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/734
Keywords
modernism, architecture, Israel, Dead Sea Scrolls, domes, museums
Notes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrine_of_the_Book
(accessed 1 Nov 2011)
http://www.english.imjnet.org.il/htmls/page_1477.aspx?c0=14909&bsp=14393
(accessed 1 Nov 2011)