Slide Title

Jerusalem: Shrine of the Book

Photographer/Creator

Chet Smolski, Rhode Island College
Armand Phillip Bartos
Frederick John Kiesler
Gezer Heller

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Date

3-1980

Description

This unique structure is the Shrine of the Book, a wing of the Israel Museum that is home to the Dead Sea Scrolls. The dome has been used in several science fiction due to it’s unique design which is based on imagery from the Scroll of the War of the Sons of Light Against the Songs of Darkness.

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)

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. 735.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/735