Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART: Moses Striking the Rock
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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 Striking the Rock
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Alternate Title:
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Le frappement du rocher
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Image View:
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Detail, the people rejoice as the water is delivered to them
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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 232 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. This depicts a scene from Exodus, where Moses strikes a rock with his staff and the divine presence, manifested by the fantastic radiance of the sun behind Moses, allows the miracle of the water flowing in abundance to a cheering crowd. (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-MSR-A03
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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