Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART: Jacob's Dream
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Jacob's Dream
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Alternate Title:
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Le Songe de Jacob
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Image View:
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Detail, angel carries a lit candelabrum
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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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1960-1966 (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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195 cm (height) x 278 cm (width)
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Subjects:
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contemporary (1960 to present); Old Testament and Apocrypha; Angels; Bible; Jacob (Biblical patriarch); dreams; dreamlike; folkloric
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Description:
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In a dream, Jacob the patriarch sees angels moving up and down a ladder. The painting shows two clearly delineated scenes, linked only by the curve of the hill on which Jacob slumbers. To the left, angels are shown dancing like acrobats in a nod to Chagall's love of the circus and showcasing the deep ties that the artist drew between the profane and the sacred. To the right, an angel clad in white, the color of the divine, carries a lit candelabrum, the hopeful light of the divine message. (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-JDR-A05
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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