Young art lovers will be stimulated by this biographical portrait of Edgar Degas. Kid-friendly explanations of both the artist's techniques and his historical context are enhanced by a two-page spread of one of Degas's most famous works.
In this fascinating monograph, author Richard Thomson explores this brilliant work in detail, revealing both the intricacies of its composition and the source of the emotional pull it immediately exerts upon the viewer.
An introduction to the life and work of nineteenth-century French artist Edgar Degas, discussing his cultural and historical importance, and including a chronology and over one hundred color illustrations with explanatory captions.
Discusses the life of Edgar Degas and describes his unique style of art.
Contains reproductions of the artist's work, extracts from his correspondence, and a study of the artist's personality and work.
This is a reprint of the book first published by the University of Chicago Press in 1991.
But there is no single text that better stokes the fire than Degas and His Model, a short memoir published by Alice Michel, who purportedly modeled for Degas.
This book rips open the divide between Edgar and his brother that kept them from speaking for ten years, and led Edgar to start a new direction in his work: Impressionism.
Edgar Degas seems never to have reconciled himself to the label of "Impressionist," preferring to call himself a "Realist" or "Independent.
Degas's major surviving photographs, little known even among devotees of the artist's paintings and pastels, are analyzed and reproduced for the first time in this volume, which accompanies an exhibition at The Metropolitan Muscum of Art, ...