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Artist of the Week: Marc Chagall
Marc Chagall was born in 1887 in Vitebsk, Russia and died in 1985 in Saint-Paul-deVence. From 1910 to 1914 Chagall leaves Russia for Paris where he paints his first great works: To Russia, Donkeys, and Others; I and the Village; Homage to Apollinaire. He later marries Bella and has a daughter. Chagall continues his art work and in 1930 illustrates the Bible, completes his first mosaic in 1957 and completes beautiful stained glass windows! I love Chagall's paintings especially. He can use colors to tell you a story without words. It is always interesting to see if you can find one of his happy violinists hidden in a painting. Look at the painting "I and the Village" and you'll see the cow wears beads, the lady is upside down next to the man, the sun and moon are one and the village is part right side up and part upside down while at the same time the priest is pictured in the door of his church! What fun Chagall's painting is. Two books I enjoyed reading and showing illustrations to my students were: "Marc Chagall" by Ernest Raboff and "Chagall My Sad and Joyous Village" an Art for Children Book by Jacqueline Loumaye. To learn more about Chagall check out the links below.
Site of the Week: Marc Chagall on the WWW This site has links to 12 or more Chagall sites. What more could you ask for this week!
Other Sites of Interest:Dianna's Paints, Chalk, Dyes, Inks and CrackleThis site has recipes for everything listed! We will be using this site in our science area this week.
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History Project:I thought this would be a good week to study the history of a musical instrument. We know from looking at his paintings that Chagall liked using the violin in his works. Did you know music is an art form? It is! This week you can learn about the violin at these fun sites:
Writing Project: The this web site you can see the images of The Paris Opera House. Chagall painted the ceiling in this opera house. He also painted sets for the opera in 1867! This week you can read the definition of Opera. Write about the ceiling of the Paris Opera House or write and illustrate what sets you would make for an opera using the story Hansel & Gretel. You could share your writing and ideas with your family at your own Gingerbread cookie reception!
