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Exterior of the Museum with Chagall banner (music under) Use 03:09:23 static and tilt down 03:10:32 (aprox) dissolve between and then to Paul clean no cover. 01:38:05 – 01:38:16 Hello my name is Paul Taber and I am the director of exhibitions at the Museum of Biblical Art here in New York City and I would like to welcome you our latest exhibition, Chagall’s Bible Mystical Storytelling. (Wide shot of prints on Gallery walls over next on camera bite) 01:32:03 – 32:17 The mission of the museum is to explore and celebrate art related to the bible and its cultural legacy in the Jewish and Christian traditions. 01:40:22 – 40:31 (use wall graphic over cut 03:06:33:00 to cover) We think that this exhibition, Chagall’s Bible Mystical Storytelling is a wonderful embodiment of the mission of this museum. (Add shaded dialogue it had been previously removed) 01:40:43 – 41:03 Marc Chagall was born in 1887 in a small town called Vitebk in what is now Bella Russia. He was born in a period that was witness to many revolutionary and epic moments in both political, social and cultural history in both Europe as well as in the United States. 01:49:50 – 49:55 Chagall’s quest for meaning is perhaps best seen in many of his biblical images. 01:50:05 – 50:23 (4 images to cover) We find in those biblical images symbols and iconographies that are drawn from a Hassidic Jewish tradition, from a Russian Orthodox tradition, as well as from the Western Christian tradition. He also blends those symbolisms and iconographies with experiences drawn from his own life. (Cover shaded) 01:54:44 – 55:09 Chagall created a series of images that celebrated both the heroes and priests and profits of the old testament, as well as used imagery of the crucifixion drawn from the new testament. In those images Chagall basically created a kaleidoscopic, nonsectarian sacred art as it were. An art of mystical storytelling.
02:24:56 – 25:15 (made a cut between underlined to tighten) Because of the turmoil and trauma that Europe was experiencing at the end of the 1930s Chagall and his wife Bella, along with their daughter Ida fled for the United States. They settled for New York City as well as had a home in the country in High Falls. Sadly in 1944 Bella died of a viral infection. Chagall was traumatized by the experience. 02:22:00 – 22:27 During that period, however, he did write poems and those poems are heartbreaking to read. They reflect the sorrow that he felt in life at the loss of his wife. One of those poems in particular, entitled My Tears, is especially heartbreaking to read. The poem beings, my tears fall to the ground like stones. Indicating the heavy weight of tears that were falling from his eyes. 02:22:51:29 – 23:52:00 The sorrow that those poems indicate is reflected in this picture entitled Marriage, which was painted by Chagall in 1946. It is basically a memory portrait of his beloved wife Bella. We see here in the portrait Chagall dressed in mourning black, his beloved wife Bella in red. A yellow flower, a yellow floral bouquet being offered across space and time is a love offering to his deceased wife. We also see commemorated in the image here in the corner Riverside Drive, where they lived. Also part of the composition is this angel bringing in a freearmed candelabra, an indication of God’s presence in the world amidst the sorrow that Chagall was experiencing. A small flying goat in the sky is an indication that Chagall remembered the small home town Vitebsk from which he came and from where he met Bella. 02:38:31 – 38:54 Foremost amongst the Christian images and symbols that Chagall has used and adapted in his paintings is the image of the crucified Christ. We see here in this example the Cadle of Turnell, which was painted in1953, one of the most famous examples where Chagall has used an image of the crucified Christ. 02:34:49 – 35:02 In this composition we see Chagall and his second wife Vava floating above the city of Paris. Paris was Chagall’s secondfavorite city, second only to his hometown Vitebsk. 02:44:54 – 45:32 In the lower left hand corner of this composition we find this figural pair. An adult woman painted in red and at her feet this child prone on the ground. The woman holds a yellow floral bouquet. The meaning of this figural group is open to interpretation. Could
it possibly be an allusion to his beloved wife Bella and their daughter Ida, figures that we saw referenced in an earlier picture from 1946 entitled Marriage? (Add a few seconds of room tone here we’ll cover by extending last image) 02:06:55 – 07:14 In 1959 Marc Chagall received a commission to design a set of 12 stain glass windows for the synagogue in the Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center in Jerusalem. The points of reference for the designs for those windows were taken from the book of Genesis as well as from the book of Deuteronomy. (Add a few seconds of room tone here we’ll cover with extended b&w image of Chagall working Stain glass window.) 02:02:38: – 03:14 There is a fascinating creative process that Chagall went through in the ultimate creation of these stain glass windows. He began the creative process with an inspired sketch. That inspired sketch was followed with a finished drawing. Subsequently he added color and elements of collage to complete the design. We have here before us the lithograph of the finished design for the Levi window. (shot of the print) 02:12:41 13:02 (shot of wall of the 12 prints) Our exhibition (cut) is notable here in NY City for the fact we have the 12 lithographs that were the finished designs for those 12 stained glass windows that Chagall created. They have never before been show before as a set in New York City nor in America Add a few seconds of room to bridge (well cover with extended shot)
01:59:16 –59:40 I hope that our tour through the exhibition today will have been the occasion for you to come to see what a profoundly and deeply sensitive artist Marc Chagall was. How deeply attuned he was to the horrors of the world and to the spiritual yearnings of his time. I invite you to come to see these works firsthand to see how his perspective on the world may enhance your perspective on the world. (shade indicates cover) Extend music 5 seconds of music and add or extend last image.
02:24:56 – 25:15 (made a cut between underlined to tighten) Because of the turmoil and trauma that Europe was experiencing at the end of the 1930s Chagall and his wife Bella, along with their daughter Ida fled for the United States. They settled for New York City as well as had a home in the country in High Falls. Sadly in 1944 Bella died of a viral infection. Chagall was traumatized by the experience. 02:22:00 – 22:27 During that period, however, he did write poems and those poems are heartbreaking to read. They reflect the sorrow that he felt in life at the loss of his wife. One of those poems in particular, entitled My Tears, is especially heartbreaking to read. The poem beings, my tears fall to the ground like stones. Indicating the heavy weight of tears that were falling from his eyes. 02:22:51:29 – 23:52:00 The sorrow that those poems indicate is reflected in this picture entitled Marriage, which was painted by Chagall in 1946. It is basically a memory portrait of his beloved wife Bella. We see here in the portrait Chagall dressed in mourning black, his beloved wife Bella in red. A yellow flower, a yellow floral bouquet being offered across space and time is a love offering to his deceased wife. We also see commemorated in the image here in the corner Riverside Drive, where they lived. Also part of the composition is this angel bringing in a freearmed candelabra, an indication of God’s presence in the world amidst the sorrow that Chagall was experiencing. A small flying goat in the sky is an indication that Chagall remembered the small home town Vitebsk from which he came and from where he met Bella. 02:38:31 – 38:54 Foremost amongst the Christian images and symbols that Chagall has used and adapted in his paintings is the image of the crucified Christ. We see here in this example the Cadle of Turnell, which was painted in1953, one of the most famous examples where Chagall has used an image of the crucified Christ. 02:34:49 – 35:02 In this composition we see Chagall and his second wife Vava floating above the city of Paris. Paris was Chagall’s secondfavorite city, second only to his hometown Vitebsk. 02:44:54 – 45:32 In the lower left hand corner of this composition we find this figural pair. An adult woman painted in red and at her feet this child prone on the ground. The woman holds a yellow floral bouquet. The meaning of this figural group is open to interpretation. Could
it possibly be an allusion to his beloved wife Bella and their daughter Ida, figures that we saw referenced in an earlier picture from 1946 entitled Marriage? (Add a few seconds of room tone here we’ll cover by extending last image) 02:06:55 – 07:14 In 1959 Marc Chagall received a commission to design a set of 12 stain glass windows for the synagogue in the Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center in Jerusalem. The points of reference for the designs for those windows were taken from the book of Genesis as well as from the book of Deuteronomy. (Add a few seconds of room tone here we’ll cover with extended b&w image of Chagall working Stain glass window.) 02:02:38: – 03:14 There is a fascinating creative process that Chagall went through in the ultimate creation of these stain glass windows. He began the creative process with an inspired sketch. That inspired sketch was followed with a finished drawing. Subsequently he added color and elements of collage to complete the design. We have here before us the lithograph of the finished design for the Levi window. (shot of the print) 02:12:41 13:02 (shot of wall of the 12 prints) Our exhibition (cut) is notable here in NY City for the fact we have the 12 lithographs that were the finished designs for those 12 stained glass windows that Chagall created. They have never before been show before as a set in New York City nor in America Add a few seconds of room to bridge (well cover with extended shot)
01:59:16 –59:40 I hope that our tour through the exhibition today will have been the occasion for you to come to see what a profoundly and deeply sensitive artist Marc Chagall was. How deeply attuned he was to the horrors of the world and to the spiritual yearnings of his time. I invite you to come to see these works firsthand to see how his perspective on the world may enhance your perspective on the world. (shade indicates cover) Extend music 5 seconds of music and add or extend last image.
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