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On the Spirit and the Self offers new perspective on Marc Chagall’s creative output through application of Jungian theory Chiron Publications is pleased to announce the release of the greatly anticipated On the Spirit and the Self: The Religious Art of Marc Chagall by J.A. Swan.
On the Spirit and the Self: The Religious Art of Marc Chagall compliments and extends the scholarship surrounding Marc Chagall’s place in the history of 20th Century Art as a religious artist. Central to this study is the psychic process of individuation and the ways in which images appear to depict the deeper changes in our collective human existence.
A new perspective on Chagall’s creative output is presented through the application of Jungian theory: Jung identifies a separation between the cultural and historical underpinnings of natal faith, or creed, and the presence of an internal, personal spirituality, or religious attitude. This theoretical approach helps to define Chagall’s creative connection to his own natal Hasidic faith whilst clarifying the interiority of his religious experiences on a universal level. That creative development may be explored through the visual patterns of sacred transformative imagery is a new approach in Chagallian scholarship, elevating two key concepts: the Chagallian sacred-secular binary and the Chagallian temenos sites.
Primary source materials reflecting the artist’s voice are illuminated by more than seventy color reproductions to support the perspective that, like Jung, Chagall was among the most prolific and significant religious communicators of the 20th Century.
“Jennifer Swan has captured the amazing expanse of Marc Chagall’s spiritual vision. This is an artist for our divisive times, a bringer of healing.”
-Murray Stein, PhD, author of The Bible as Dream
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J.A. Swan trained formally as a visual artist, and later qualified as a psychologist in clinical and transpersonal modalities. She received a research PhD from the Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies in England, and has worked as a university lecturer and as a therapist in private practice. Her research interests combine Archaeology, Architecture, Religious Art and Jungian Theory.
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Table of Contents
-Introduction 11
-Chapter One: Chagall, Judaism, and Religion 27
-Chapter Two: Transforming Images 65
-Chapter Three: The Alchemical Couple 91
-Chapter Four: Chagall and the Image of Christ 125
-Chapter Five: Chagall and the Bible 163
-Chapter Six: A Religious Artist 203
-Appendixes 209
-Appendix A: Movement and Motion in Chagall’s Lifespan 209
-Appendix B: Chagall’s Stained Glass Commissions 210
-Appendix C: The Biblical Message Series 211
-List of Color Plates 212
-References 219
-Acknowledgements 224
-About the Author 224
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