Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART: Moses Saved from the Waters
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Moses Saved from the Waters
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Alternate Title:
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Moïse sauvé des eaux
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Image View:
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Close up of the stone, ceramic and glass tesserae and Chagall's signature and date
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Creator:
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Marc Chagall (Belorussian artist, 1887-1985)
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Location:
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repository: Vence Cathedral (Vence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)
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Location Note:
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2 Passage Cahours
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GPS:
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+43.722778+7.113889
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Date:
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1979 (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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mosaic (visual work)
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Classification:
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Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design
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Material:
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stone, glass and ceramic tesserae
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Technique:
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mosaic (process)
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Subjects:
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contemporary (1960 to present); Old Testament and Apocrypha; Angels; Bible; Moses (Biblical leader); Rainbows; Hebrew Captivity in Egypt; Nile; baptism
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Description:
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Chagall lived in Vence, and then Saint-Paul de Vence from 1949 until his death. The baptistery of Vence Cathedral is decorated with a mosaic panel by Chagall. He took the subject "Moses saved from the Nile" to express the joy of this Jewish baptism, a prefiguration of the baptism of Christ. In this sense, the Pharaoh’s daughter who welcomes little Moses then becomes the Church which welcomes a new born child who then becomes a child of God thanks to the Nile holy water. To accentuate this, Chagall added an angel and a rainbow, the celestial bridge between God and humankind. (Source: Vence [official city tourism website]; https://vence.fr/)
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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-VCM-A12
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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