The Jerusalem Windows
by Marc Chagall
Marc Chagall's magnificent stained-glass windows installed in the synagogue of the Hadassah-Hebrew Medical Center in Jerusalem are no doubt among the most inspiring and beautiful pieces of twentieth-century art. Completed in 1961, the windows are based on the celebrated lyric verses in the biblical books of Genesis and Deuteronomy in which Jacob blesses his twelve sons. This volume reproduces not only the windows themselves, but also the sketches, drawings, paintings, and collages leading up to the finished windows. In preparing his designs, Chagall never lost sight of the poetry and faith inherent in the biblical texts that inspired these luminous, translucent paintings.
PA, ISBN: 0807608076
$23.50 (Can: $35.00)
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