Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Message of Odysseus [design sketch for a mosaic]
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Image View:
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Right side, the Sirens attack the ship and Odysseus returns to Ithaca
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Creator:
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Marc Chagall (Belorussian painter, 1887-1985)
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Location:
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exhibition: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (Montréal, Québec, Canada)
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Location Note:
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1380, rue Sherbrooke Ouest; Chagall: Colour and Music (Exhibition, January 28 to June 11, 2017)
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GPS:
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+45.4987-73.5801
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Date:
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1967-1968 (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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Work Type 2:
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cartoon (working drawing)
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Material:
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graphite; ink; watercolor; gouache; paper collage on paper
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Technique:
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collage (technique); drawing (image-making); painting and painting techniques
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Measurements:
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3 m (height) x 10.97 m (width, finished mosaic)
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Subjects:
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literary or legendary; mythology (Classical); Homer. Odyssey; folkloric; dreamlike
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Description:
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In January 1967, the Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Nice requested Chagall make a wall mosaic (the finished mosaic is 3.00 x 10.97 m). The Dean suggested the theme of "Odysseus, Mediterranean hero of wisdom," referring to the essays by Gabriel Andisio, published in 1945. The depicted scenes exemplify overcoming all temptations and cruelties by virtue, courage, and wisdom, and the final triumph of humanity, freedom, and peace. (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-TMOO-D-A12
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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