Degas and the nude

The Resource Degas and the nude
Label
Degas and the nude
Statement of responsibility
George T.M. Shackelford, Xavier Rey ; with contributions by Lucian Freud with Martin Gayford, Anne Roquebert
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Contributor
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Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"Degas and the Nude" is the first book in a generation to explore the artist's treatment of the nude from his early years in the 1850s and 1860s, through his triumphs in the 1880s and 1890s, all the way to his last decades when the theme dominated his artistic production in all media. With essays by leading American and French critics, it provides a new interpretation of Degas' evolving conception of the nude, situating it in the subject's broader context among his peers in nineteenth-century France. It explores how Degas exploited all of the body's expressive possibilities, how his vision of the nude informed his notion of modernity, and how he abandoned the classical or historical form in favor of a figure seen in her own time and setting--whether engaged in overtly carnal acts or just stepping out of an ordinary bath.--
Assigning source
Source other than Library of Congress
Cataloging source
BTCTA
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • bibliography
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