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A panel from a beautiful blue set of stained glass windows. "Marc Chagall made America Windows to celebrate the US Bicentennial and presented them as a gift to the Art Institute of Chicago in 1977. The windows merge symbols of US history, the Chicago skyline, and the arts; read from left to right, the panels represent music, painting, literature, architecture, theater, and dance. Best known as a painter, Chagall had been working in stained glass for several decades by the 1970s. He was drawn to the medium as a way to explore intense color on a monumental scale. Working with stained-glass maker Charles Mara, Chagall executed 86 windows across Europe, Israel, and the United States."

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A panel from a beautiful blue set of stained glass windows. "Marc Chagall made America Windows to celebrate the US Bicentennial and presented them as a gift to the Art Institute of Chicago in 1977. The windows merge symbols of US history, the Chicago skyline, and the arts; read from left to right, the panels represent music, painting, literature, architecture, theater, and dance. Best known as a painter, Chagall had been working in stained glass for several decades by the 1970s. He was drawn to the medium as a way to explore intense color on a monumental scale. Working with stained-glass maker Charles Mara, Chagall executed 86 windows across Europe, Israel, and the United States."
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Laura G, Sassy Sixty-something (laurajg@deacon.social)'s status on Friday, 08-Dec-2023 01:50:42 JST Laura G, Sassy Sixty-something

Since Hanukkah begins this evening at dusk, your art history post for today is detail from America Windows, 1977, by Marc Chagall (1887–1985), stained glass, The Art Institute of Chicago. Notice the menorah at the bottom right of the left panel. More info in ALT. #arthistory #hanukkah

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