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Jean Leymarie (1919–2006)

Autor(a) de The Jerusalem Windows

136+ Works 1,110 Membros 8 Críticas 1 Favorited

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Obras por Jean Leymarie

The Jerusalem Windows (1967) 286 exemplares
Van Gogh (1951) 64 exemplares
Balthus (1978) 58 exemplares
Impressionism [2-volume set] (1955) 51 exemplares
Henri Matisse: Retrospective 1966 (1966) 30 exemplares
Dutch painting (1956) 28 exemplares
Chanel (1987) 28 exemplares
Braque (1961) 23 exemplares
Fauves & Fauvism (1959) 23 exemplares
Corot, (1966) 20 exemplares
Les Dessins De Degas (1948) 18 exemplares
Impressionism, Volume 2 (1955) 17 exemplares
Impressionism, Volume 1 (1959) 16 exemplares
Fauvism (1959) 15 exemplares
The Great Artists: Matisse (1978) 14 exemplares
Drawing (History of an art) (1979) 11 exemplares
Gauguin (1988) 10 exemplares
Manet (Hazen) (1952) 10 exemplares
Les pastels, dessins et aquarelles de Renoir (1949) — Autor — 10 exemplares
Monet (Little Library of Art) (1964) 10 exemplares
Monet 1883-1926 (1964) 9 exemplares
Soutine (1973) 8 exemplares
Balthus à la Biennale de Venise 1980 (1980) — Autor — 7 exemplares
Zao Wou-Ki (1702) 7 exemplares
Corot (1966) 7 exemplares
Who was van Gogh? (1968) 4 exemplares
Renoir (1979) 4 exemplares
Hommage a Pablo Picasso (1966) 3 exemplares
Omaggio a Balthus (1996) 3 exemplares
Picasso Drawings (1967) 3 exemplares
Georges Braque (1965) 2 exemplares
Monet 1883-1926 (1963) 2 exemplares
Corot (Connaissance des Arts) (1996) 2 exemplares
Bonnard, 1867-1947 2 exemplares
Manet (1950) 2 exemplares
Soutine (1963) 2 exemplares
Gericault (1979) 2 exemplares
monet 1840-1883 (1964) 2 exemplares
BALTHUS Dessins et Aquarelles (1971) 2 exemplares
Jheronimus Bosch 2 exemplares
Tal-Coat (1992) 2 exemplares
GLI ACQUARELLI DI MORANDI. (1968) 2 exemplares
RENOIR (1978) 2 exemplares
Keukengeheimen 1 exemplar
Le dessin 1 exemplar
Derain 1 exemplar
Impressionismus 1 exemplar
VAN GOCH 1 exemplar
Marc Chagall (1975) 1 exemplar
Fowizm (1993) 1 exemplar
Monet 18401883 1 exemplar
Picasso 1 exemplar
Jerome Bosch (1949) 1 exemplar
Pittura Francese (La) (1965) 1 exemplar
Jerusalem Windows 1 exemplar
El Impresionismo (1991) 1 exemplar
La Acuarela (1998) 1 exemplar
La peinture hollandaise. (1956) 1 exemplar

Associated Works

National museum Message biblique Marc Chagall: Nice (1976) — Prefácio — 10 exemplares

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1919-07-17
Data de falecimento
2006-03-09
Nacionalidade
France
Local de nascimento
Gagnac, France
Ocupações
art historian

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Assinalado
Murtra | Feb 9, 2024 |
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Assinalado
katethomas56 | Sep 18, 2021 |
In June of 1959, Chagall received a commission to design the stained-glass windows for the synagogue that would be a part of the Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center in Jerusalem. The synagogue would have twelve large windows, and it was decided they would represent the twelve tribes of Israel.

Chagall devoted two years to making the windows, which were installed permanently (after being exhibited) in the synagogue in February of 1962.

Because Jewish law forbids the representation of the human figure (because it is an image of God), Chagall created a kingdom of stars, elements, and animals, the latter serving as emblems of the tribes.

This book goes through each window, explaining its meaning, citing the relevant Biblical passages each evokes, and showing the drawings that preceded the paintings as well as color plates of the windows themselves.
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Assinalado
nbmars | Nov 1, 2020 |
 
Assinalado
vecchiopoggi | Oct 17, 2016 |

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Obras
136
Also by
1
Membros
1,110
Popularidade
#23,141
Avaliação
½ 3.6
Críticas
8
ISBN
99
Línguas
7
Marcado como favorito
1

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