Israel Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Arts === {{main|Visual arts in Israel}} Israeli Jewish art has been particularly influenced by the [[Kabbalah]], the [[Talmud]] and the [[Zohar]]. Another art movement that held a prominent role in the 20th century was the [[School of Paris]]. In the late 19th and early 20th century, the [[Yishuv]]'s art was dominated by art trends emanating [[Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design|Bezalel]]. Beginning in the 1920s, the local art scene was heavily influenced by modern French art, first introduced by [[Yitzhak Frenkel|Isaac Frenkel Frenel]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=1883 {{!}} Encyclopedia of the Founders and Builders of Israel |url=https://www.tidhar.tourolib.org/tidhar/view/4/1883 |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=tidhar.tourolib.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-01-02 |title=Alexandre FRENEL |url=https://ecoledeparis.org/fr/alexandre-frenel/ |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=Bureau d’art Ecole de Paris |language=fr-FR}}</ref> Jewish masters of the [[school of Paris]], such as [[Chaïm Soutine|Soutine]], [[Michel Kikoine|Kikoine]], [[Yitzhak Frenkel|Frenkel]], [[Marc Chagall|Chagall]] heavily influenced the subsequent development of Israeli art.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-25 |title=Chaim Soutine – From Russia to Paris by Ben Uri Research Unit |url=https://issuu.com/benurigallery/docs/chaim_soutine___from_russia_to_paris |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":43">{{Cite web |title=Israel Studies An Anthology: Art in Israel |url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/israel-studies-an-anthology-art-in-israel |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=jewishvirtuallibrary.org}}</ref> Israeli sculpture took inspiration from modern [[Art of Europe|European sculpture]] as well [[Art of Mesopotamia|Mesopotamian]], [[Assyrian sculpture|Assyrian]] and local art.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=Israeli Sculpture |url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/israeli-sculpture |access-date=2023-12-26 |website=jewishvirtuallibrary.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Israel - Art, Music, Dance |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Israel/Cultural-life |access-date=2023-12-26 |website=britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> [[Avraham Melnikov]]'s roaring lion, David Polus' Alexander Zaid and [[Zeev Ben-Zvi|Ze'ev Ben Zvi]]'s cubist sculpture exemplify some of the different streams in Israeli sculpture.<ref name=":6" /><ref>{{Cite journal |date=2008-01-18 |title=Encyclopaedia Judaica (2nd edition) |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09504120810843177 |journal=Reference Reviews |volume=22 |issue=1 |pages=51–53 |doi=10.1108/09504120810843177 |issn=0950-4125}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-11 |title=1938-1941 - Alexander Zaid, David Polus |url=https://israeled.org/1938-1941-alexander-zaid-david-polus/ |access-date=2023-12-26 |website=CIE |language=en}}</ref> Common themes in Israeli art are the mystical cities of [[Safed]] and [[Jerusalem]], the bohemian café culture of [[Tel Aviv]], agricultural landscapes, biblical stories and war. Today Israeli art has delved into [[Optical art]], [[Artificial intelligence art|AI art]], [[digital art]] and the use of salt in sculpture.<ref name=":43" /> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page