Poetic-artistic world
Chagall expressed his particular view of
art not only in paintings but also in drawings, (he illustrated
"The Dead Souls" by Gogol, "The Fairy Tales"
by La Fontaine and the Bible), in decorations on china, in
arrases (especially those made for the Israeli parliament), and
finally in stained glass works. He made the stained glass windows
of the Saint-Etienne Cathedral in Metz (with stories of Old and
New Testament), those of Notre-Dame-de-Toute-Grace in Assy and
the windows representing the twelve tribes of Israel, in the
synagogue of the new hospital of Hadassah, near Jerusalem. These
works are real masterpieces, not inferior to the wonderful glass
works of the Gothic period.