Marc Chagall (Vitebsk; 1887 ndash; Saint-Paul-de-Vence; 1985)Chagall est neacute; dans une famille juive de stricte obeacute;dience pour laquelle lrsquo;interdit de repreacute;sentation de la figure humaine avait valeurde dogme. Apregrave;s un eacute;chec agrave; lrsquo;examen drsquo;entreacute;e agrave; lrsquo;eacute;cole des Arts et Meacute;tiers du baron Stieglitz; Chagall integrave;gre plus tard celle fondeacute;e parla Socieacute;teacute; impeacute;riale drsquo;encouragement des Beaux-Arts dirigeacute;e par Nicolas Roerich.En 1910; il srsquo;installe agrave; Paris qui sera son laquo;second Vitebsk raquo;. Chagall retrouve agrave; la Ruche de nombreux compatriotes attireacute;s; eux aussi; par le prestige de Paris. Lipchitz; Zadkine; Archipenko; Soutine qui maintiendront; autour du jeune peintre; le parfum de sa terre natale. Les auteurs des premiegrave;res eacute;tudes sur Chagall relevaient deacute;jagrave; que Paris avait influenceacute; sa maniegrave;re picturale; avait apporteacute; une nervositeacute;frecirc;le et une netteteacute; aux lignes qui reacute;pondent avec assurance et justesse agrave; la couleur et pour beaucoup; la commandent. Lrsquo;observateur le plus attentif; le plus passionneacute;; se reacute;vegrave;le parfois incapable de distinguer le Chagall laquo;de Paris raquo; du Chagall laquo;de Vitebsk raquo;.Lrsquo;artiste nrsquo;est pas contradictoire ni laquo;deacute;doubleacute; raquo;; mais il demeurait constamment ouverts; regardant en lui et autour de lui; consideacute;rant lemonde environnant; les ideacute;es de son eacute;poque; les souvenirs du passeacute;. Chagall est doueacute; drsquo;une sorte laquo;drsquo;immuniteacute; stylistique raquo;; ilsrsquo;enrichit sans rien deacute;truire de sa propre structure. Il srsquo;enthousiasme; apprend en toute ingeacute;nuiteacute;; se deacute;fait de la maladresse juveacute;nile; mais sans perdre son laquo;authenticiteacute; raquo;. Parfois; crsquo;est comme srsquo;il regardait le monde agrave; travers le prisme magique de lrsquo;eacute;cole de Paris.Alors il engage un jeu tout en finesse et en seacute;rieux avec les deacute;couvertes du tournant du siegrave;cle; alors lrsquo;adolescent se considegrave;re; ironique et songeur; dans un miroir ougrave; srsquo;unissent tout naturellement les acquis picturaux de Ceacute;zanne; la spiritualisation fragile de Modigliani; les rythmes complexes des plans qui rappellent les expeacute;riences des premiers cubistes (Autoportrait devant le chevalet; 1914).Cependant; au-delagrave; des analyses qui; aujourdrsquo;hui; eacute;clairent les sources judeacute;o-russes du peintre; les filiations formelles heacute;riteacute;es ouemprunteacute;es; mais toujours sublimeacute;es; une part de mystegrave;re demeure dans lrsquo;art de Chagall. Ce mystegrave;re tient peut-ecirc;tre agrave; la nature mecirc;me decet art qui puise dans le souvenir.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful. A Very Pleasant Surprise--Even for XE-1 UsersBy David C.Having previously worked with some of the more famous camera guide series; only to find them largely rehashed manuals; I was not expecting much from this book; but for less than ten bucks thought it might offer some useful tips for my new Fujifilm XE-1. I found it to be full of insight about setting up and using the X-Pro 1 (almost all of which is transferable to the XE-1) that I would never have found on my own without much trial and error; certainly not with the help of the skimpy Fuji manual. Novice and intermediate photographers moving from a point-and-shoot; or from a bulky DSLR that collected too much dust on the shelf; will find loads of information here to make the most of the extensive manual controls of the XE-1. If you are a highly skilled and experienced photographer; there may be less new information here for you; but the authors extensive knowledge of the details (and quirks) of the X-Pro 1 should be worth at least the modest cost of this book.7 of 7 people found the following review helpful. Good book... too late!By Albert AdroerThe X-Pro 1 is a camera that comes with a very limited manual and this book certainly brings additional valuable information; especially for autofocus; dynamic range and ISO settings; presenting tips and solutions in a clear and practical manner. The X-Pro 1 owners that havent taken the time to look for all this additional information in the internet will appreciate it. But if; like me; youve been waiting for this book since it was announced last summer and in the meantime have been looking for information in the numerous Fuji internet forums; the book will not bring you too many new things. Besides; the camera firmware has been updated several times and some of the book information is not updated.7 of 7 people found the following review helpful. Outstanding source for infoBy murk1Honestly; I purchased this book because it was the only one about the X-Pro1. I did however look at sample pages before doing so. I must say that this book rates right up at the top of my rating of all books I have read over the years. This book is written in a style that is VERY easy for me to read. I like it so much I actually purchased a Kindle copy so I could use it as a reference (that way I can have many books and apps with me wheen I travel and they will take up very little room). I have learned more about this camera from reading this book than I did by going over and over the manual. GREAT JOB Rico!
