Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART: Adam and Eve Expelled from Paradise
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Adam and Eve Expelled from Paradise
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Alternate Title:
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Adam et Eve chassés du paradis
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Image View:
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Detail, tree in the Garden of Eden
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Creator:
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Marc Chagall (Belorussian painter, 1887-1985)
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Location:
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repository: Musée National Marc Chagall (Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)
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Location Note:
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36 Avenue Docteur Ménard
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GPS:
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+43.709167+7.269536
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Date:
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1961 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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French
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Style Period:
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Twentieth century
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Work Type 1:
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painting (visual work)
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Material:
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oil paint on canvas
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Technique:
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oil painting (technique)
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Measurements:
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190.5 cm (height) x 283.5 cm (width)
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Subjects:
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contemporary (1960 to present); Old Testament and Apocrypha; Adam and Eve; expulsion from Paradise; Garden of Eden; folkloric; dreamlike
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Description:
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Chagall stages a paradise overturned by the Fall of Adam and Eve: birds with goat heads fly away, others are upside down, joined by winged fish coming out of the river. The angel in charge of manifesting the divine wrath, at the top in the middle, shows Adam and Eve the path of exile and they move out of the painting on the right, as in all the traditional representations of the scene. They are accompanied by a red rooster, a symbol of vitality and fertility. A mother and child scene at bottom right confirms this optimistic view of the Fall. (Source: Chagall Museum [website]; http://en.musees-nationaux-alpesmaritimes.fr/chagall/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
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Identifier:
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7A1-CHAGALL-AEE-A03
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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