Chagall's Dedicated to Christ : sources and meanings

Author

Amishai-Maisels, Ziva

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Jewish art. 1995, Vol. 21-22, p. 68-94, 24 ill. (7 col.)

ISSN

0792-0660

Abstract (en)

On Chagall's 1912 Dedicated to Christ, now called Golgotha or Calvary (New York, Museum of Modern Art). The painting which depicts the Crucifixion with Judas taking away the ladder, evolved from several drawings and painted versions. The author argues that Chagall's knowledge of the persecution and murder of Jews in Russia, especially the Beilis affair, was "...behind Chagall's caustic treatment of Christian themes during his early Russian and Paris periods, as well as his return to Jewish religious themes in Paris in 1912-1913".

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- France
• Chagall, Marc, 1887-1985
• France
• 1900-2000
• Painting
• Calvary
• Museum of Modern Art||New York (NY, USA)
• Jesus Christ: Crucifixion
• Iconography
• Antisemitism
• Russian Federation
• Jews
• Judas Iscariot
• Jewish art

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- France
• Chagall, Marc, 1887-1985
• France
• 1900-2000
• Peinture
• Le Calvaire
• Museum of Modern Art||New York (NY, USA)
• Christ: Crucifixion
• Iconographie
• Antisémitisme
• Russie, Fédération de
• Juifs
• Judas
• Juif (art)

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19990401-00204514

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