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The ''Yellow Crucifixion'' is a painting by Marc Chagall. It was painted in 1943 and is on display at Musée National d'Art Moderne in Paris, France. == Description of Artwork == The piece reworked many themes that first occurred in Chagall's more famous artwork White Crucifixion whereby the suffering of Jewish victims of the Holocaust was communicated through the image of Christ as a Jew.〔http://diglotting.com/2014/02/28/theology-and-art-chagalls-crucifixion-in-yellow/〕 The dominant colour of the painting is Yellow, and it has been postulated that this background colour represents both the flames of the crematoria as well as the yellow Star of David that Jews were forced to wear by the Nazi forces.〔http://diglotting.com/2014/02/28/theology-and-art-chagalls-crucifixion-in-yellow/〕 Jesus is not the central image of this picture, and instead shares the canvas with a large green Torah scroll and angel. This positioning emphasises the Jewish character of Jesus in this work, supported by Jesus wearing a Jewish prayer shawl (tallit) and tefillin.〔J. Cohen. Christ Killers. Oxford. 2007. p.166〕 The surrounding details are scenes from the programs occurring in Europe. There is a burning shtetl to the right, surrounded by distressed looking figures. Below this is found a Jew wearing traditional Jewish clothing (and a placard) and a fleeing woman with her child.〔http://diglotting.com/2014/02/28/theology-and-art-chagalls-crucifixion-in-yellow/〕 The latter scene is reminiscent of the story of Jesus’ flight to Egypt as a child.〔The Bible. Matt. 2.13-15〕 Another theme that has been reworked into the Yellow Crucifixion, which first appeared in the White Crucifixion, is the presence of a ship. The significant difference is that in this painting, the ship is shown sinking into the waters. This is undoubtably an allusion to the Struma disaster in 1942. The fact that Jesus is looking down on the ship, watching the passengers, is said to convey the artist's own passage to New York from Europe that took place by ship.〔J. Cohen. Christ Killers. Oxford. 2007. p.166〕 Other details include fish leaping out of the sea and a goat. It has been postulated that these are deliberate contraventions of the prohibition in Deuteronomy of making images of living beings.〔http://diglotting.com/2014/02/28/theology-and-art-chagalls-crucifixion-in-yellow/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Yellow Crucifixion」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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