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Edgar Degas


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Edgar Degas
This paper discusses Edgar Degas, an impressionist artist whose artwork revealed a concern for the psychology of movement, expression, harmony of line and continuity of curves that distinguished him from all the other impressionist painters.
855 words (approx. 3.4 pages) | 5 sources | MLA | 2002 United States


Paper Summary:

This paper explains that, although Deges was connected with the impressionists, he never was fascinated like others were by the influence of natural light and thus did most of his work inside his studio only. The paper continues that his paintings depicted ballet, horse racing, the theater and circuses, which gave the idea that his work stemmed from the humanistic experience. The author points out that Degas' favorite subjects were scenes from the world of entertainment, the daily life of women, ballet dancers, horse races and young ballerinas.

From the Paper:

"Degas was captivated and influenced by a study of Japanese prints of which style appeared to be in his later work. He drew on the Japanese idea of asymmetrical design as an object to set the subject to the side of a painting. For example, one of his paintings made in 1865, depicted a Woman with Chrysanthemums (exhibited at Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City) where the female subject is pushed into one side by a bouquet of flowers."

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Edgar Degas (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 11, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Essay-Edgar-Degas/29016

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"Edgar Degas" 15 January 2012. Web. 11 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Essay-Edgar-Degas/29016>




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