The Stranger in Early Modern and Modern Jewish Tradition

The Stranger in Early Modern and Modern Jewish Tradition
ISBN-10
9004435468
ISBN-13
9789004435469
Category
History
Language
English
Published
2021
Publisher
BRILL
Authors
Joachim Schlör, Catherine Bartlett

Description

"Angels are the ultimate stranger. They come from another world and have a special place in the art of the Russian Jewish painter Marc Chagall (1887-1985). In My Life (1923) the young Chagall recalls one memorable night in Saint-Petersburg. Drifting into sleep in the corner of a room (all he could afford) he suddenly saw the ceiling open and a winged being, surrounded by light and blue air, hovered above him before disappearing through the ceiling again"--

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