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Achievements of dazzling brilliance that already have become legendary, it is fitting that they have become the subjects of the present book, which surely must be regarded as a landmark in the literature of both art and opera."Chagall at the Met" illustrated with fifty-two full page color reproductions, represents a definitive critical appreciation of these superb works, and Marc Chagall himself, provides his personal observations on the background and creation of the Murals, and on his favorite composer and opera.
The text concentrates on detailed descriptions of the murals and their individual elements, and provides a spirited evaluation of the thirteen full curtains, twenty six partial curtains, and one hundred and twenty one costumes created for "Die Zauberflaute" (The Magic Flute).
Chagall's artistry is considered in relation to its environment, to it's larger compositional order, and to the worlds of music and modern art.
In The Magic Flute decor there appear all of the familiar images of any Chagall work, the inevitable dramatis personae of flying cocks, floating cellists, winged women blowing trumpets, embracing lovers soaring over city roofs, angels carrying candelabra, dancers moving like coveys of birds - all of whom are swept along by expressive torrents of rich and vibrant color, in a unique combination of surrealism, fragments of memory, a dream imagination and theatrical decoration.
It can be said that the elements and images in these works serve, in a sense, as scherzos, arias, melodies, and recurring themes and motives in major symphonic conceptions of unity and grandeur. Point by point, image by image, these arias and themes are elucidated, analyzed and commented upon, from subtle references to famous composers to the Chagall bestiary, from the profusion of symbolic, male and female figures to the artists infatuation with New York.
The large and strikingly-beautiful illustrations of the murals include preliminary sketches, working sketches, final sketches, and close-up details of the finished works.
Sumptuous reproductions of of "The Magic Flute" decor range from the opening curtain, "Homage to Mozart," and the curtain for "Queen of the Night" and other scenes, to the eye-popping costumes for Tamino, Papageno, Monostatos, Pamina and Priests.
This book of artwork is itself a work of art. The pages are of extremely thick stock and while I would NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS suggest the following, many unscrupulous resellers have actually taken the artwork from copies of this book and sold them individually for hundreds of dollars to unsuspecting buyers, the artwork being that good.
For the true collector and lover of either Chagall or Mozart, this book is a must have. Measures roughly 13"x11', 153 pages, original slipcase not present. A physical description follows...
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