Bezalel school
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Not to be confused with Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design.
The Bezalel school was an art movement in Palestine in the late Ottoman and British Mandate periods. Named for the Bezalel Art School, predecessor of the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, it has been described as "a fusion of oriental art and Art Nouveau."[citation needed]
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