num_pages: 95
description: The Russian painter Marc Chagall (1887-1985) is widely regarded as epitomizing the painter as poet. The worldwide admiration he commanded remains unparalleled by any artist of the century. Chagall's paintings, steeped in mythology and mysticism, portray colourful dreams and tales that are deeply rooted in his Russian Jewish origins. The memories and yearning they evoke recall his native Vitebsk, and the great events that mark the life of ordinary people: birth, love, marriage and death. They tell of a world full of everyday miracles - in the room of lovers, on the streets of Vitebsk, beneath the Eiffel Tower in Paris.Heaven and earth seem to meet in a topsy-turvy worldin which whimsical figures of people and animals floatthrough the air with gravity-defying serenity.
language: English
title: Marc Chagall, 1887-1985: Painting as Poetry
titlecomplete: Marc Chagall, 1887-1985: Painting as Poetry
characters: Marc Chagall
genres: Historical, 20th Century, Biography, Art History, Russia, Jewish, Poetry, Art and Photography, Nonfiction, Art
ratings_count: 1317
publisher: Barnes & Noble, Inc.