Slide Title
Preview
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.
Rights
This object from the Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, housed by the Rhode Island College Special Collections, and any of its digital surrogates are the intellectual property of Rhode Island College. This digital object is protected by copyright and/or related rights. The digital material presented here is licensed with a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. This content can be used, shared, or adapted for educational and scholarly purposes. For permissions to use this item please contact digitalcommons@ric.edu. All uses must include appropriate attribution.
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
Recommended Citation
Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, MSS-0041, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.
Recommended Citation
Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, MSS-0041, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.
Keywords
dead sea scrolls, modernism, architecture, museums, Israel, domes
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)