National picture of the world within Jewish culture in the art of Marc Chagall

An artwork as a sophisticated sign system included in multilevel cultural space, requests a particular key to be interpretedadequately. The picture of the world which implies ontological, psychological, aesthetic and socio-cultural aspects of worldview might be potentially considered as such a key. The article is dedicated to the analysis of morphogenesis of the picture of the world and the origins of its formation within national Jewish culture in the art of Marc Chagall.