Editing Marc Chagall (section)

=== St Stephan's church in Mainz, Germany (1978) ===

In 1978 he began creating windows for [[St. Stephan, Mainz|St Stephan's church in Mainz]], Germany. Today, 200,000 visitors a year visit the church, and "tourists from the whole world pilgrim up St Stephan's Mount, to see the glowing blue stained glass windows by the artist Marc Chagall", states the city's web site. "St Stephan's is the only German church for which Chagall has created windows."<ref name=Mainz>"St. Stephan's—Chagall's mysticism of blue light", [http://www.mainz.de/WGAPublisher/online/html/default/mkuz-5v9lmb.en.0 City of Mainz website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090110172039/http://www.mainz.de/WGAPublisher/online/html/default/mkuz-5v9lmb.en.0 |date=10 January 2009 }}</ref>

The website also notes, "The colours address our vital consciousness directly, because they tell of optimism, hope and delight in life", says Monsignor Klaus Mayer, who imparts Chagall's work in mediations and books. He corresponded with Chagall during 1973, and succeeded in persuading the "master of colour and the biblical message" to create a sign for Jewish-Christian attachment and international understanding. Centuries earlier Mainz had been "the capital of European Jewry", and contained the largest Jewish community in Europe, notes historian [[John Man (author)|John Man]].<ref name=Man2>Man, John, ''The Gutenberg Revolution'', (2002) Headline Book Publishing</ref>{{rp|16}}<ref>[http://www.mainz.de/WGAPublisher/online/html/default/hthn-5vgjlb.en.html "Jewish Life and Times in Medieval Mainz"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090110104003/http://www.mainz.de/WGAPublisher/online/html/default/hthn-5vgjlb.en.html |date=10 January 2009 }}, City of Mainz website</ref> In 1978, at the age of 91, Chagall created the first window and eight more followed. Chagall's collaborator Charles Marq complemented Chagall's work by adding several stained glass windows using the typical colors of Chagall.