1913 The Betrothed and the Ei el Tower

1925 Peasant Life

1951 The Dance

1975 Tree of Jesse

1908 Window Vitebsk

1918 The Promenade

1943 The Juggler

1966 Cows of Vitebsk

Exploration of Color and Movement in Life and Fantasy

1914 Over Vitebsk 1939 Midsummer Nights Dream 1964 The Circus 1984 Couple on a Red Background

7 July 1887 Marc Chagall 28 March 1985

1911 I and the Village

1924 The Green Violinist

1947 Madonna with the Sleigh

1967 The Magic Flute

Marc Chagall
For my timeline about the work of Marc Chagall I really wanted to emphasize the development of his style and use of color over his lifetime. I explored many options, but because of the unique quality of his work I found it di cult to categorize most of Chagall's paintings. This aspect prohibited me from following a pattern like my rst sketch, where I would have divided the images by artistic movement. Although Chagall was part of many movements, his style was truly his own. I also found it necessary to establish a method for narrowing down the selection of paintings to use. I found that a theme of everyday life mixed with a bit of fantasy appeared to be quite prominent in his work and it provided very vibrant examples of Chagall's use of color and various techniques. In order to exemplify the boldness of his work and use of color and the development of his understanding and style I found that it was important to keep the surrounding area fairly simple. In this way, the eye is simply drawn towards the images of the paintings, exploring a path through Chagall's artistic life. I committed to a plain white background and straightforward, but impactful black typography to accomplish this simplicity. In this design, the eye is free to meditate on the work of Marc Chagall over his almost 80 year career. Impact: Used for the main header - Name and life dates. I wanted something very bold, but clear. Letters Gothis Std: Used for subheading. I liked the more spread out font because it needed to cover the same amount of space as the main header, but still be a very legible Myriad Pro: Used for Titles and Years of Artwork. (These are small and therefore needed a very clear, basic font)

Design Color Palette: Extra color was not used in order to place emphasis on the color used in Chagalls work.

Marc Chagall Color Palette (Compound): Variations of this color palette can be found throughout the works used to explore Chagalls manipulation of color.

Timeline Text: Header: Marc Chagall. Born 7 July 1887. Died 28 March 1985 Subheading: Exploration of Color and Movement in Life and Fantasy 1908 - Window Vitebsk 1911 - I and the Village 1913 - The Betrothel and the Ei el Tower 1914 - Over Vitebsk 1918 - The Promenade 1924 - The Green Violinist 1925 - Peasant Life 1939 - Midsummer Nights Dream 1943 - The Juggler 1947 - Madonna with the Sleigh 1951 - The Dance 1964 - The Circus 1966 - Cows of Vitebsk 1967 - The Magic Flute 1975 - Tree of Jesse 1984 - Couple on a Red Background