Marc Chagall. Il Violinista sul Tetto: Piccoli Pensieri Su Chagall e la Cultura Ebraica. Fiddler On the Roof: a Few Reflections On Chagall and Hebraic Culture
Aiòn Edizioni
Italian and English Text.
Firenze, 2014; paperback, pp. 96, 16 col. plates, cm 12,5x17.
(Critica. 8).
series: Critica
ISBN: 88-98262-16-7
- EAN13: 9788898262168
Subject: Essays (Art or Architecture),Monographs (Painting and Drawing),Painting
Period: 1800-1960 (XIX-XX) Modern Period
Extra: Impressionism/Expressionism
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Weight: 0.16 kg
What relationship is there between Marc Chagall's painting and Hebraic culture? This is a simple, but crucial question; and it is very complicated, almost impossible to answer. Chagall's entire work seems to be so deeply bound to the religious and cultural thought of Hebraism as to require almost a "cryptic analysis" for its deciphering. But Chagall's greatness and his work seem to be so connected to Hebraic culture as to be incomprehensible without an exact knowledge of these roots of his - or is it possible also for those who are unaware of them to understand his greatness?
Marco Fagioli