New Jerusalem
The idea of Jerusalem, as explained in the Scriptures, has an inescapably visual dimension. “What we had heard we saw for ourselves in the city of our God, in the city of Yahweh Sabaoth”, the Old Testament affirms (Psalm 48 [47]:8). It is thus appropriate to present the exhibition New Jerusalem, born in the context of the international conference Florence and the Idea of Jerusalem, in two churches and in a monastic setting: in the thousand-year old basilica of San Miniato al Monte; in Orsanmichele, a jewel of the Florentine Trecento; and here at the Mount Tabor Ecumenical Centre for Art and Spirituality in Barga,Italy. Articulated in three sections, the exhibition explores interrelated aspects of the New Jerusalem theme: at San Miniato, The Temple on the Mount; at Orsanmichele The Holy City; at Barga, The Mystical Garden
San Minato – The Temple on the Mount
San Michele – The Holy City
Barga – The Mystical Garden
