About the book：
Painter as Poet
The painter as poet: A world of floating symbolsFor Marc Chagall (1887 1985), painting was an intricate tapestry of dreams, tales, and traditions. His instantly recognizable visual language carved out a unique early 20th-century niche, often identified as one of the earliest expressions of psychic experience.Chagall s canvases are characterized by loose brushwork, deep colors, a particular fondness for blue, and a repertoire of recurring tropes including musicians, roosters, rooftops, flowers, and floating lovers. For all their ethereal charms, his compositions were often rich and complex in their references. They wove together not only colors and forms, but also his Jewish roots with his present encounters in Paris, markers of faith with gestures of love and symbols of hope with testimonies of trauma.Across scenes of birth, love, marriage, and death, this dependable artist introduction explores the many versions of Chagall s rich vocabulary. From visions of his native Vitebsk in modern-day Belarus to images of the Eiffel Tower, we explore the unique aesthetic of one of the most readily identifiable modern masters and one of the most influential Jewish artists of all time.
书籍简介：
画家作为诗人
诗人般的画家：在Marc Chagall（1887 1985）的浮世绘世界中，绘画是一幅错综复杂的关于梦、故事和传统的挂毯。他的视觉语言一目了然，创造了一个特别的20世纪早期壁龛，通常被认为是非常早期的心理体验的表达方式。夏加尔的油画以松散的笔触、深沉的色彩、对蓝色的偏爱以及反复出现的对白为特征。包括音乐家、公鸡、屋顶、鲜花和漂浮的爱人。尽管他的作品具有空灵的魅力，但其参考文献中的内容往往丰富而复杂。其作品不仅把色彩和形式交织在一起，而且还把他的犹太血统与他目前在巴黎的遭遇交织在一起，用爱的手势表示信仰的标志，用创伤的证词表示希望的象征。
这本书参考了有关夏加尔丰富的资料，综合地展现了他的出生、爱情、婚姻和死亡。从他在现代白俄罗斯的家乡维特布斯克（Vitebsk）到埃菲尔铁塔（Eiffel Tower）的影像，我们探索了一位非常容易辨认的现代大师和一位极富影响力的犹太艺术家的犭虫到美学。
About the series（Basic Art Series 2.0）：
Basic Art was born back in 1985 with the very first original TASCHEN publication: Picasso. Since then, the series has evolved into the best-selling art book collection ever published, offering succinct slimline artist introductions across 200 titles, translated into some 20 languages.
For its 30th anniversary, we have given this much-loved series a makeover: Basic Art 2.0, freshly designed, revised, and hardcover bound, but still with the same rock-bottom price tag!
系列简介：
1985年， Basic art系列的首部著作《毕加索》问世，开启了德国TASCHEN出版公司的艺术出版历程。此后的30余年中， Basic art系列始终坚持以简洁、精练的笔法勾勒艺术家们的世界，内容不断充裕，培养了众多忠实读者，成为多年居销量榜首的经典艺术书系。
时至今日，此系列已出版图书近200种，更有多达20种的各国语言版本在世界范围内发行，具有极高的口碑和影响力。