Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART: Paradise
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Paradise
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Alternate Title:
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Le Paradis
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Image View:
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Detail, temptation with the serpent at left and Eve holding the apple with Adam
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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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Avenue Dr 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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198 cm (height) x 288 cm (width)
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Subjects:
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contemporary (1960 to present); cycles or series; Old Testament and Apocrypha; Bible; Genesis; Adam and Eve; Eden
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Description:
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The museum was created during the lifetime of the artist, with the support of the Minister of Culture André Malraux, and inaugurated in 1973. It houses the series of seventeen paintings illustrating the biblical message, painted by Chagall and offered to the French State in 1966. This series illustrates the books of Genesis, Exodus and the Song of Songs. This composition of Paradise (Eden) presents two halves; the creation of Eve and temptation. (Source: Chagall Museum [website]; http://en.musees-nationaux-alpesmaritimes.fr/chagall/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
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Identifier:
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7A1-CHAGALL-LP-A02
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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