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.
Degas and the Ballet
Title | Degas and the Ballet PDF eBook |
Author | Jill Devonyar |
Publisher | Royal Academy Books |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2011-11-01 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9781905711680 |
Edgar Degas (18341917) is best known for his luminous studies of dancers. Illustrated with drawings, pastels, paintings, prints and sculpture, as well as photographs taken by the artist and his contemporaries, and samples of film from the period, this text follows the development of Degas's ballet imagery.
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.
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.
Degas and the Dance
Title | Degas and the Dance PDF eBook |
Author | Susan Goldman Rubin |
Publisher | Abrams Books for Young Readers |
Pages | 40 |
Release | 2002-10 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN |
Explores the life and work of the nineteenth-century French artist who devoted most of his artwork to the subject of ballet.
Dancing for Degas
Title | Dancing for Degas PDF eBook |
Author | Kathryn Wagner |
Publisher | National Geographic Books |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2010-03-16 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0385343868 |
In the City of Lights, at the dawn of a new age, begins an unforgettable story of great love, great art—and the most painful choices of the heart. With this fresh and vibrantly imagined portrait of the Impressionist artist Edgar Degas, readers are transported through the eyes of a young Parisian ballerina to an era of light and movement. An ambitious and enterprising farm girl, Alexandrie joins the prestigious Paris Opera ballet with hopes of securing not only her place in society but her family’s financial future. Her plan is soon derailed, however, when she falls in love with the enigmatic artist whose paintings of the offstage lives of the ballerinas scandalized society and revolutionized the art world. As Alexandrie is drawn deeper into Degas’s art and Paris’s secrets, will she risk everything for her dreams of love and of becoming the ballet’s star dancer?
Edgar Degas
Title | Edgar Degas PDF eBook |
Author | Joanne Mattern |
Publisher | ABDO |
Pages | 34 |
Release | 2005-01-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1616138637 |
Discusses the life of Edgar Degas and describes his unique style of art.