Chagall: Love, War, and Exile (Jewish Museum)
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.91 (952 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0300187343 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 148 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-27 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
“The handsome, well-illustrated catalogincludes an illuminating essay by the show’s curator, Susan Tumarkin Goodman”—Manuela Hoelterhoff, Bloomberg News
Five Stars great. Chagall in Extremis: The Years of War and Holocaust Kenneth Hughes This volume is published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name at The Jewish Museum in New York from September 2013 to February 2014. It is not an exhibition catalogue in the usual sense of a numbered series of reproductions of the exhibited items; it consists, rather, of two essays centered around and commenting on the fifty-odd paintings and dr. "Excellent book!" according to Maria V Bourlatskaya. This book has great articles on Shagall's life and work as well as good number of good quality reproductions of his work – the colors differ from the originals but not as bad as in other books I have seen. Overall excellent book for someone who wants to look at Shagall's paintings and learn more about him and his art.
Less well known are Chagall’s canvases showing the Crucifixion of Jesus, often depicted as a Jew, and his rarely seen, dreamlike poems, eleven of which are published here. Silver analyze Chagall’s complex iconography and phantasmagorical style, tracing his Jewish, Christian, autobiographical, French, and Russian sources. . This book explores a significant but neglected period in the artist’s career, from the rise of fascism in the 1930s through the end of World War II, which he spent in Paris and then in exile in New York.Chagall’s paintings from this time express the horror of the Holocaust as well as hope for the survival of his people and belief in the ultimate triumph of love. Works use many of Chagall’s familiar figures—the Artist, the Bride, the Clown, the Wandering Jew—set in unexpected, often wrenching scenes. Susan Tumarkin Goodman and Kenneth E. A groundbreaking examination of the artist’s work during wartimeMarc Chagall (1887–1985), one of the foremost modernists of the 20th century, created his unique style by blending richly colored folk art with Cubism, Surrealism, and imagery drawn from the Russian Christian icon tradition. T