Raanan Yoram / ''Jerusalem Gold''
Original Painting

Acrylic on Canvas

The painting captures the concept of Jerusalem in an array of images, from the physical to the deeply spiritual. There seems to be many layers of history revealed. The rocky earth is infused with gemstones encrusted in gold. while a special quality of illumination (reflected by the city walls and domes) caresses the landscape with a warm glow. The Talmud says that nine measures of beauty were bestowed on the world and nine of them alighted on Jerusalem. Beauty is often associated with radiance. Here in the painting the golden luminosity of Jerusalem, a radiance that originates from within, spreads over the Land. One of the more valued elements, gold is a symbol of not only wealth, but also of Divine and celestial light. In Jewish tradition Jerusalem has a sister city, the ethereal “Jerusalem of above.” Corresponding to the physical city in the Judean mountains, there is the Jerusalem of the spiritual realms, which pours down its light in a play between actual and conceptual reality. Golden light also symbolizes humankind’s quest to unite heaven and earth, and to illuminate and perfect humanity. The eternal Jewish love for the land of Israel (and especially of Jerusalem) is deeply imbedded in our hearts, while the Jewish people pray every day for the Divine presence to be fully returned to Jerusalem.

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