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Grabiner, Esther, Dr., Senior Staff, David Azrieli School of Architecture, the Yolanda and David Katz Faculty of Arts, Tel Aviv University.

Education: 1996 Sorbonne, Paris, Department of Art History and Medieval Archaeology; Ph.D. ’summa cum laude’. Title of thesis: Elbow Column, a Diffusion of an Architectural Element between Est and West in the 12th – 14th centuries. Supervisor: Prof. Léon Pressouyre, director of Studies of Western Medieval Art at the Sorbonne and Vice President of the University.

Main Fields of Interests and Activities

Exchange of Ideas and Architectural Elements between Europe and Middle East.
Relationship between the Monumental Arts and Medieval Architecture.
History of Architecture in Israel from Hellenistic period up to 20th Century.
Cultural Heritage and Architectural values of Historical Sites in Israel.
“People’s house” and Culture House as Phenomena of architecture, culture and society.

Some of Recent Publications

Grabiner E.,”Un type de support hiérosolymitain chez les cisterciens” M. François & P.-Y. Le Pogam (eds.), Utilis est lapis in structura, mélange offerts á Léon Pressouyre, Paris 2000, p. 329-343.
Grabiner E., “Metamorphoses of Constructional and Decorative Functions in Architectural Sculpture of the Twelfth Century.- A Case study: The Column“, Nurith Kenaan Kedar, Asher Ovadiah (eds.), The Metamorphosis of Marginal Images: From Antiquity to Present Time, Tel Aviv 2001, p. 59-68.
Grabiner E.,“From Raw Materials to Compound and Back Again: A Look at One Element of Crusader Architecture”, Assaph, studies in Art History, 6, 2001, p. 119-138.
Grabiner E., “Pictorial Fantasy – Built reality, Architect Zvi Harel”, Motar, Journal of The Yolanda and David Katz Faculty of the Arts, 12, 2004, p.129-138 ( in Hebrew).
Grabiner E.,” Les vestiges de l’église franque de Séphorie”, Bulletin monumental, 164, 2006, p.113-120.
Grabiner E., “Les découvreurs de la colonne coudée”, C.Verzar, G. Fishhof (éd.), Pictural Lagunages and their Meannings, Tel-Aviv, 2006, p.133-140.
Grabiner E., “Cowsheds at the Crossroad of values”, Motar, Journal of the Yolanda and David Katz Faculty of the Arts, 14, 2008 (2006), p. 7-14, (in Hebrew).
Grabiner E., “Le faux-marbre et son symbol architectural”. Les Cahier de Saint-Michel de Cuxa, 38, 2007, p.137-142.
Grabiner E., ” “Workers’ Synagogues”: Secularism and Religiosity in the “People’s Houses” in Eretz-Israel”, Assaph 2010, Studies in Art History, vols. 13 – 14, The beauty of Japheth in the Tents of Shem, Studies in honor of Prof. Mordechai Omer, Tel Aviv University, P. 493 – 507.

Email: Email: esther@droriarc.co.il

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