Edgar Degas, 1834-1917
Title | Edgar Degas, 1834-1917 PDF eBook |
Author | Bernd Growe |
Publisher | Taschen |
Pages | 104 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9783822811368 |
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.
Chasing Degas
Title | Chasing Degas PDF eBook |
Author | Eva Montanari |
Publisher | Harry N. Abrams |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2009-10-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9780810938786 |
Monsieur Degas likes to paint the students while they practice in ballet class. But one day he mistakenly leaves his paints in the dance studio and instead takes a young ballerina's bag, which contains her new tutu. And so the ballerina begins a great chase to find Degas before her recital. Full color.
Degas, Painter of Ballerinas
Title | Degas, Painter of Ballerinas PDF eBook |
Author | Susan Goldman Rubin |
Publisher | ABRAMS |
Pages | 68 |
Release | 2019-04-16 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1683354737 |
Through Edgar Degas’s beloved paintings, drawings, and sculptures, Susan Goldman Rubin conveys the wonder and excitement of the ballet world. Degas is one of the most celebrated painters of the impressionist movement, and his ballerina paintings are among the most favorite of his fans. In his artwork, Degas captures every moment, from the relentless hours of practice to the glamour of appearing on stage, revealing a dancer’s journey from novice to prima ballerina. Observing young students, Degas drew their poses again and again, determined to achieve perfection. The book includes a brief biography of his entire life, endnotes, bibliography, where to see his paintings, and an index.
Dancing with Degas
Title | Dancing with Degas PDF eBook |
Author | Julie Merberg |
Publisher | Chronicle Books |
Pages | 54 |
Release | 2003-07 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9780811840477 |
Provides a simple introduction to French artist Edgar Degas and his pastel paintings of ballerinas.
Degas and His Model
Title | Degas and His Model PDF eBook |
Author | Alice Michel |
Publisher | David Zwirner Books |
Pages | 89 |
Release | 2017-08-22 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 1941701558 |
There are many myths about the artist Edgar Degas—from Degas the misanthrope to Degas the deviant, to Degas the obsessive. 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. Never before translated into English, the text’s original publication in Mercure de France in 1919, shortly after the artist’s death, has been treated as an important account of the master sculptor at work. We know that Alice was writing under a pseudonym, but who the real person behind this account was remains a mystery—to this day nothing is known about her. Yet, the descriptions seem too accurate to be ignored, the anecdotes too spot-on to discount; even the dialogue captures the artist’s tone and mannerisms. What is found in these pages is at times a woman’s flirtatious recollection of a bizarre “artistic type” and at others a moving attempt to connect with a great, often tragic man. The descriptions are limpid, unburdened; the dialogue is lively and intimate, not unlike reading the very best kind of gossip, with world-historical significance. Here in these dusty studios, Degas is alive, running hands over clay, complaining about his eyes, denigrating the other artists around him, and whispering salaciously to his model. And during his mood swings, we see reflected the model’s innocence and confusion, her pain at being misunderstood and finally rejected. It is an intimate portrait of a moment in a great artist’s life, a sort of Bildungsroman in which his model (whoever she may be) does not emerge unscathed.
Little Dancer Aged Fourteen
Title | Little Dancer Aged Fourteen PDF eBook |
Author | Camille Laurens |
Publisher | Other Press, LLC |
Pages | 176 |
Release | 2018-11-20 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1590519590 |
This absorbing, heartfelt work uncovers the story of the real dancer behind Degas’s now-iconic sculpture, shedding light on the struggles of late nineteenth-century Parisian life. She is famous throughout the world, but how many know her name? You can admire her figure in Washington, Paris, London, New York, Dresden, or Copenhagen, but where is her grave? We know only her age, fourteen, and the work that she did—because it was already grueling work, at an age when children today are sent to school. In the 1880s, she danced as a “little rat” at the Paris Opera, and what is often a dream for young girls now wasn’t a dream for her. She was fired after several years of intense labor; the director had had enough of her repeated absences. She had been working another job, even two, because the few pennies the Opera paid weren’t enough to keep her and her family fed. She was a model, posing for painters or sculptors—among them Edgar Degas. Drawing on a wealth of historical material as well as her own love of ballet and personal experiences of loss, Camille Laurens presents a compelling, compassionate portrait of Marie van Goethem and the world she inhabited that shows the importance of those who have traditionally been overlooked in the study of art.
Degas by Himself Handbook
Title | Degas by Himself Handbook PDF eBook |
Author | Richard ( Editor ) Kendall |
Publisher | |
Pages | 223 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Painters |
ISBN | 9780316728102 |