On Monday, November 16, the exhibit of the reproduction of the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua, well known for its Giotto frescoes, was inaugurated in the Verre pavilion of the Eretz Israel Museum in Tel Aviv. During the previous months, the reproduction on the scale of one to four was already on display on the ground floor of the Holy Land Custody’s curia in Jerusalem.
For this inauguration, Friar Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Custos of the Holy Land, spoke. After his discourse, Mr. Nathan Walloch, a member of the municipal council of Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Doctor Simonetta della Seta, the person in charge of cultural affairs at the Italian embassy in Israel, and Professor Nurit Kenaan Kedar, a professor of the history of medieval art at the university of Tel Aviv, spoke. A special thanks was given to the engineer Ettore Soranzo from the Memores Domini group in Jerusalem, and to Doctor Nirit Shalev-Kalifa, without whom this event would not have been possible.
For this occasion, the Holy Land Custody produced an explanatory leaflet in Hebrew and English with color photographs, which makes it possible to enjoy the reproduction of the frescoes in a simple and immediate way. In addition, in the name of the museum welcoming the reproductions, Professor Nurit Kenaan-Kedar produced a highly qualified explanatory leaflet in Hebrew.
This reproduction of the Scrovegni Chapel will enable the Israeli public and in particular students to see a work of art that is very important for the history of art in Europe.
This event confirmed once again the extent to which art plays a major role in the encounter and dialogue between the Christian and the Jewish worlds.
OMM
Photograph: Giulano Mami
For this inauguration, Friar Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Custos of the Holy Land, spoke. After his discourse, Mr. Nathan Walloch, a member of the municipal council of Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Doctor Simonetta della Seta, the person in charge of cultural affairs at the Italian embassy in Israel, and Professor Nurit Kenaan Kedar, a professor of the history of medieval art at the university of Tel Aviv, spoke. A special thanks was given to the engineer Ettore Soranzo from the Memores Domini group in Jerusalem, and to Doctor Nirit Shalev-Kalifa, without whom this event would not have been possible.
For this occasion, the Holy Land Custody produced an explanatory leaflet in Hebrew and English with color photographs, which makes it possible to enjoy the reproduction of the frescoes in a simple and immediate way. In addition, in the name of the museum welcoming the reproductions, Professor Nurit Kenaan-Kedar produced a highly qualified explanatory leaflet in Hebrew.
This reproduction of the Scrovegni Chapel will enable the Israeli public and in particular students to see a work of art that is very important for the history of art in Europe.
This event confirmed once again the extent to which art plays a major role in the encounter and dialogue between the Christian and the Jewish worlds.
OMM
Photograph: Giulano Mami