The Art of Time, The Art of Place: Isaac Bashevis Singer and Marc Chagall - a Dialogue

Dorot (art history, Bar-Ilan U. and Ariel U. Center, Israel) offers a study of writer Singer (1902-1992) and artist Chagall (1887-1985), highlighting similarities and differences in their biographies and in their works. The contents are arranged in chapters on the Jewish experience, Jewish artists, love and lovers, the Holocaust, and religion and mysticism. A section of color plates (and, for reference, smaller b&w images presented within the text) support the comparative analysis. The volume measures 8.5x12". Distribution in the US is by ISBS. Annotation 穢2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)