Chagall's "White Crucifixion"

1991 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 138
Author(s):  
Ziva Amishai-Maisels
Keyword(s):  
White Crucifixion

Chagall's “White Crucifixion”

2002 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 334-334
Author(s):  
Christine L. Turczyn
Keyword(s):  
White Crucifixion

scholarly journals MARC CHAGALL AND WHITE CRUCIFIXION

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (73) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Jewish Community ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Marc Chagall ◽  
The City ◽  
White Crucifixion

In this research, the work named "White Crucifixion" (1887-1985) by Marc Chagall, who is considered one of the greatest painters of the 20th century as an example of academic examination, was examined. Marc Chagall grew up in the closed atmosphere of a Jewish community in Eastern Europe and has always maintained his traditions. In many of his works, he depicts the persecution of the Jews in the city on the theme of loneliness. With his work titled “White Crucifixion”, he reacted to the pressure of the Jews. While analyzing Chagall's “White Crucifixion” image within the scope of the research, previous uses of the image of “Crucifixion” will be analyzed with the titles “Historical Context” and “Symbols” of the work. Images and veiled expressions will be analyzed in the work where Jesus is crucified. Keywords: Marc Chagall, Jesus, Crucifix, Christianity, Jewish

Marc Chagall's White Crucifixion: An Enduring Work of Political Art

2009 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ariel M Kravitz
Keyword(s):  
Focal Point ◽  
Political Art ◽  
Nazi Party ◽  
National Socialist ◽  
Anti Semitism ◽  
The Social ◽  
Marc Chagall ◽  
The Face ◽  
Political Milieu ◽  
White Crucifixion

The works of Marc Chagall, a prominent and prolific Jewish artist, are among the most significant and recognizable creations to have emerged during the 20th century. The White Crucifixion was Chagall’s passionate response to the escalating atrocities by the National Socialist German Workers’ (Nazi) Party that resulted in Kristallnacht. This paper examines the early life of the artist in Czarist Russia amidst historical persecution and anti-Semitism, as well as the social and political milieu in which the White Crucifixion was created. The painting’s unique combination of Christian and Jewish imagery, with an illuminated and crucified “Jewish Jesus” at the focal point, and surrounded by scenes depicting Jewish suffering at the hands of the Nazis is explored in detail. The paper demonstrates that the distinctive religious and cultural experiences of Marc Chagall provided the palate from which the plight of the Jews was immortalized on canvas and which expressed his outrage. Condemning the world for their silence and imploring them to act in the face of inhumanity, the White Crucifixion remains an enduring work of political art whose message is as applicable today as it was in 1938.

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