Narkiss, Bezalel
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Name (Hebrew)
נרקיס, בצלאל, 1926-2008
Name (Latin)
Narkiss, Bezalel
Name (Cyrilic)
Наркис, Бецалель
Other forms of name
Narkis, Bezalel
Narqiys, Bṣalʼel
Narqîs, Beṣal'ēl
Narḳis, Betsalʼel
Date of birth
1926-12-14
Date of death
2008-06-30
Associated country
Israel
Field of activity
Art
Art, Medieval
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Jewish art
Jewish illumination of books and manuscripts
Occupation
Historians
Art historians
College teachers
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
Sources of Information
- authorized access point: romanized form: Narkiss, Bezalel (1926-2008), ISO-Hebrew translit. form: Narqiys, Bṣalʼel (1926-2008); rejected form: Narkis, Bezalel (1926-2008); country: Israel; language: Hebrew, also writes in English; sex: masculine; birth: 1926-12-14, Jerusalem; death: 2008-06-30, Jerusalem; notes: professor emeritus, Department of art history, Institute of arts and letters, Faculty of humanities, Hebrew university of Jerusalem (in 2007); founder (in 1979) and director (1979-1990), Center for Jewish art, Institute of arts and letters, Faculty of humanities, Hebrew university of Jerusalem; son of Mordechai Narkiss (1898-1957); ISNI 0000 0001 1026 6329; record no.: FRBNF11917417 ( (BnF, 5 March 2020) )
- authorized access point: Narqîs, Beṣal'ēl; other names: Narkis, Betsal'el (LCAuth), NRQYS, Beṣal'ēl, Narkiss, Bezalel, Narqîs, Besalʹēl, Narkis, Betsalʹel; dates: 1926-2008; country: Israel; occupation: art historian; relationships to persons: Narkiss, Mordecai (father); record ID: 121302687 ( (DNB, 5 March 2020) )
- Narkiss, Bezalel. The Golden Haggadah, 1970:title page (Bezalel Narkiss) page ix (my interest in Hebrew illuminated manuscripts and their relation to Latin and Greek illumination was aroused by the studies of my late father, Mordechai Narkiss, whose projected history of illuminated Haggadoth never reached publication; my teacher, Professor Francis Wormald, then director, Institute of Historical Research, University of London, suggested subject for thesis for doctor of philosophy degree, guided me through initial stages; other teachers at Warburg Institute)
- Bezalel Narkiss (Q4900292); Hebrew: בצלאל נרקיס; description: Israeli art historian; sex or gender: male; country of citizenship: Israel; place of burial: Har HaMenuchot; educated at: University of Jerusalem, University of London ( (Wikidata, 5 March 2020) )
- Wikipedia, 3 March 2020(Bezalel Narkiss (Hebrew: בצלאל נרקיס; 1926-2008); Israeli art historian; born in Jerusalem, son of Mordechai Narkiss, director of Bezalel National Museum; studied at Hebrew University of Jerusalem; expert in illuminated medieval Latin and Hebrew manuscripts and the relationship between Christian and Jewish visual art; Nicolas Landau Professor of Art History at the Hebrew University, where he taught since 1964; in 1979, created Center for Jewish Art to document endangered Jewish art and architecture; after the collapse of communism in Europe in 1989, he embarked on a project to document the synagogues there; art editor of Masada Press (1963-1975) and Encyclopaedia Judaica; editor-in-chief of Journal of Jewish Art, 1974-1986)
- ספר: מדרשים ואגדות חז"ל באמנות, תשל"ו.
- Jews. Liturgy and ritual. Festival prayers.Selections, 1964.
- The real and ideal Jerusalem in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic art, c1998:t.p. (Bezalel Narkiss) p. xi (b. 1926)
- Times online WWW site, Aug. 5, 2008(Bezalel Narkiss; b. Dec. 14, 1926; d. June 30, 2008; historian who laid the foundations for the scholarly study of Jewish art in Israel)
Wikipedia description:
Bezalel Narkiss (Hebrew: בצלאל נרקיס; 1926–2008) was an Israeli art historian. He was awarded the Israel Prize for his contribution to the field of Jewish art in 1999.
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