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We live in a time of Sturm und Drang [storm and stress]. Every day brings new disappointments and new hopes. Old forms lose their value, no new ones are being created. And the synthetic gaze of…
Contributor:
Dovid Bergelson
Places:
Kiev, Russian Empire (Kyiv, Ukraine)
Date:
1919
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The Christian parable of the prodigal son, from Luke 15:11–12, was a favorite subject of artists from the seventeenth through the nineteenth century. A son squanders his inheritance and is reduced to…
Contributor:
Henry Mosler
Places:
Paris, France
Date:
1879
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Calvary was not the first time Marc Chagall portrayed the crucifixion in a painting, and it would not be the last. Chagall saw the crucifixion of Jesus Christ as a symbol of Jewish suffering. In this…
Contributor:
Marc Chagall
Places:
Paris, France
Date:
1912