Chagall and Music - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 207270118X ISBN 13 : 9782072701184

Editeur : Gallimard, 2017

Synopsis

This exhibition catalogue for a vibrantly colourful, multidisciplinary traveling show explores the profound connection between Chagall and music. As both subject and muse, this omnipresent relationship has its roots in his family history, and in the Jewish culture of his native city, Vitebsk. This lavishly illustrated catalogue explores how music functioned as a central theme and inspiration in Chagall's composition and color, beginning with paintings and sketches in 1911 through the 1960s. Included here are his theatre commissions: the foyer panels for the Jewish Art Theatre (Moscow, 1919-1920), the ceiling of the Paris Opera (1964), and the Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center (1966). His designs for the ballet, including Aleko (Mexico, 1942), The Firebird (New York, 1945), Daphnis and Chloe(1958) and The Magic Flute (1967), reveal the underlying synergy in his work between music, set, and costume. A wide selection of paintings, photographs, preparatory sketches, and ceramics (many from private collections) convey the centrality and importance of music and color in Chagall's career. SELLING POINTS: . Highlights the role of music as a creative engine in Chagall's work, and how this was manifested in his art throughout his career, particularly in his use of colour . Includes paintings, gouaches, sketches, maquettes, costume design, stage sets, ceramics, stained glass, and archival photographs of the artist, his family, and installations 580 colour, 20 b/w

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Présentation de l'éditeur

• Highly illustrated, this book explores the deep connection between Chagall and music

This book explores the connection between Chagall and music. This intimate relationship, which ran deep in both his family history and the Jewish culture of his native city, was particularly meaningful in his creation of scenery and costumes for the stage. His works for the Jewish Theatre (Moscow, 1919-1920) and the ballets 'Aleko' (Mexico, 1942), 'The Firebird' (New York, 1945), 'Daphnis et Chloé' (1958) and 'The Magic Flute' (New York, 1967) celebrate the links he established between music, large-scale set design, and the material design of costumes. Chagall's monumental projects in the 1960s, such as the ceiling of the Paris Opera (1964) and his decorative architectural programme for the Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center in New York (1966), are a reflection of his notion of 'total art', and his explorations in the universality of music and its translation into the spatial dimension.

Music was a constant source of inspiration to Chagall. The subject of his creations, it provided internal rhythm and strength to his compositions, as well as dictating the intensity and ranges of colour he used. Offering a fresh approach to iconography, Chagall and Music heralds the intersection of audial and visual art as the mark of Chagall's incessant and brilliant modernity.

Biographie de l'auteur

Ambre Gauthier is an art historian, who acted as curator for the exhibition 'Chagall et la Musique' at the Philharmonie of Paris, October 2015 - January 2016. Meret Meyer is vice-president of the Marc Chagall Comittee.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Gallimard
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 207270118X
• ISBN 13: 9782072701184
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 415
• Éditeur: Gauthier Ambre, Meyer Meret
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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