CHAGALL /INGLÉS

Colorful dreams and tales: Chagall's world full of everyday miracles The Belarusian 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.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e Chagall's paintings, steeped in mythology and mysticism, portray colorful 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.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e Heaven and earth seem to meet in a topsy-turvy world in which whimsical figures of people and animals float through the air with gravity-defying serenity. About the Series: u003cbru003e Each book in TASCHEN's Basic Art series features: u003culu003e u003cliu003ea detailed chronological summary of the life and oeuvre of the artist, covering his or her cultural and historical importanceu003c/liu003e u003cliu003ea concise biographyu003c/liu003e u003cliu003eapproximately 100 illustrations with explanatory captionsu003c/liu003e u003c/ulu003e