Her book, Ribbons of Highway: A Mother-Child Journey Across America, takes you around the U.S. Her blog takes you around the world. Lori Hein, who's written for scores of publications including the Boston Globe and Philadelphia Inquirer, hopes you enjoy these brief trips to far-flung places. Text & photos, all copyright Lori Hein, are available for reuse and publication for a modest fee. Contact Lori at www.LoriHein.com.
July 07, 2008
Chagall blue
It's Marc Chagall's birthday.
During his nine decades, Chagall produced a prodigious, vibrant body of work. His paintings are marvelous, but I love his stained glass best, and I'm always delighted to come upon Chagall's glass in my travels.
I found his electric-cobalt blue in St. Stephen's Church in Mainz, Germany. Nine soaring Chagall panels send streams of blue light through the thousand-year-old structure.
And at the Art Institute of Chicago, one of the most pleasing and accessible art museums I've visited, Chagall's America Windows turn an entire gallery into a great, blue embrace.
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