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1、IA1indoiAisThatCapturetheSUNByAnna1evineArtistMarcChagaI1putstainedg1assinanew1ight.Anange1fromoneofChaga11swindowsatA11SaintsChurchinTude1ey,Eng1and.oftraditiona1Russianart.He1ovedtopaintwithstrongb1ues,reds,andye11ows.In1911,hemovedtoParis9France.There,actors,writers,musicians,andartistsfromaround
2、thewor1dwerecreatingnewartforms.Bo1dFantasiesandCo1orsChaga111earnednewwaysofpaintingbutstayedtruetohischi1dhoodmemories.Whi1eotherschosemodernsubjects,hepaintedscenesoffantasyandfairyta1esbasedonano1der,peasant-1ikewayof1ife.Acrobatsandgreenhorsesf1oatingaboverooftops,ye11owskies,andredtreeswerea11
3、creationsofhisimagination.*Myfami1iarsourcesremainedthesame;hesaid.IdidnotbecomeaParisian,butnowthe1ightcamefromtheoutride”Chaga111ivedthroughturmoi1andtragedy.WhenWor1dWarIbeganin1914,hehappenedtobeinhishometown.Heandhisnewwife,Be11a,werenotab1eto1eaveforParisfornineyears.Then,in1941,becausetheywer
4、eJewish,theChaga11shadto1eaveFrancetoescapepersecutionbytheNazisduringWor1dWarII.In1944cameanotherdevastatingb1ow:Chaga1Fsbe1ovedBe11adiedofaninfection.DrawntoStainedG1assBythe1950s,Chaga111ifewasca1mer.Thewarhadended.HehadreturnedtoFranceandremarried.Hecontinuedtomakehisdream1ikepaintingsandwasnoww
5、or1d-famous.Oneday,duringastro11throughtheFrenchuntryside,hediscoveredapicturesquechape1.Heimaginedrep1acingitswa11swithstained-g1asswindows.Sometime1ater,ina700-year-o1dcathedra1,hesawaStained.g1asswindowthatcontainedagreendonkey.ItIOOkedasifChaga11mighthavecreatedithimse1fHerewasasuresign,hethough
6、t,thatheshou1dcreatehisownstained-g1asswindows.wIhadtomakestained-asswindows.Ihadtogetmyse1fintoday1ight/Hebeganco11aboratingwithmasterg1assworkerChar1esMarq.Manystainedg1asswindowsaremadeoff1atco1ors,butChaga11usedvarioustechniquestocreatetheeffectshewanted.Hepaintedimagesong1ass,thenhadthemfiredto
7、hightemperatures,makingthe1inesandco1orspartoftheg1ass.(Continuedonnextpage)octobr2(n中研卜小57BE1OW:OneofChaga11swindowsatReimsCathedra1inFrance.RIGHT:OneofChaga11stwe1vewindowsintheAbbe11SynagogueattheHadassahUniversityMedica1CenterinJerusa1em,Israe1(Continuedfrompage17)atStainedg1assisnotsoeasy,heonc
8、esaid.*Ybuhavetoapproachitasifyouweretryingtocatchamouse.Notinacage.butwithyourhand.Therearenofoo1proofmethods,youeithercatchitoryoudont.MarqadmiredChaga1Fsenergy.HesaidChaga11workedMWiththeprecisionofthosetightropewa1kershe1oves,whof1yintheirweight1essnessuptherethankstoanimmenseamountofeverydaywor
9、kWhenChagai1wasaskedtodesignstained-g1asswindowsforasynagogueinJerusa1em,Israe1,hefacedanewcha11enge.TheJewishre1igionforbidsthedrawingofhumanfigures.SinceChaga11wasnota11owedtoinc1udeimagesofpeop1einthewindows,whatcou1dhedoinstead?Bib1eStoriesinG1assHeto1dthestoryofthe12tribesofIsrae1withanima1s.He
10、drewtheanima1sdescribedintheBib1estoriestorepresenteachofthetribes.HethenchoseavibrantCob1aforeachwindow.Whenthesun1ightshinesthroughtheg1ass,itspark1esasifmadeofrubies,diamonds,andemera1ds.Atthesametime,Chaga11wascreatinghugestained-g1asswindowsfortheRomanCatho1icMetzCathedra1inFrance.Theseworkste1
11、1thestoriesofbib1ica1heroes.Chaga11JacobwrestUnganange1f1ickersandg1istenswith1ifeinthesun.In1964,Chaga11designedastained-g1asswindowfortheUnitedNationsbui1dinginNewYorkCity.TheUnitedNationsworksforinternationa1peace.Usingab1uebackgroundasthesymbo1ofpeaceand1ife,Chaga11designedthewindowwithanange1so
12、aringfromabouquetoff1owers,anima1sf1oatinginthesky.andmotherscudd1ingtheirchi1dren.Chaga11had1ivedthroughtwowor1dwarsandpersona1tragedy,buthesti11hadhopeforthefuture.Heoftenrefusedpaymentforhisstained-g1asswindows,especia11ythosehemadeforp1acesofworship.Hecreatedthemasgiftsforthewor1d,giftsthatcapturethesun.C278#9OCTOBER20U