Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART: Moses Receives the Tablets of the Law
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Moses Receives the Tablets of the Law
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Alternate Title:
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Moïse recevant les tables de la loi
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Image View:
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Detail, Moses, with rays of light on his head, receives the tablets
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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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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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237 cm (height) x 233 cm (width)
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Subjects:
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contemporary (1960 to present); cycles or series; Old Testament and Apocrypha; Bible; Moses (Biblical leader)
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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. The climax to the series of Genesis and Exodus, this picture is bathed in a yellow light significant of the presence of the divine, and illustrates the moment that seals the Covenant with God. The painter respects the prohibition of the representation of God, symbolized, as the Bible says, by two hands coming out of the clouds. (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-MRT-A02
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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