Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART: Sacrifice of Isaac
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Sacrifice of Isaac
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Alternate Title:
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Le sacrifice d'Isaac
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Image View:
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Detail, background; suffering of Abraham's descendants including the Passion of Christ
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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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1960-1968 (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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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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230 cm (height) x 235 cm (width)
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Subjects:
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contemporary (1960 to present); Old Testament and Apocrypha; Abraham (Biblical patriarch); Angels; Bible; ritual sacrifice
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Description:
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Abraham is about to sacrifice his son when the angel stops his arm. The composition, characterized by the separation of the drawing and the color, has two registers. In the higher register, is the angel, manifestation of the divine word. But on the right is also the evocation of the sufferings of the descendants of Abraham, depicted by a childbirth and the Passion of Christ. In the lower register, the group of Abraham and his son is colored by the flame of the holocaust. (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-TSI-A04
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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