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Edgar Degas (1834–1917) was one of the outstanding draughtsmen of the 19th century; for him drawing was not only a central tenet of his art but was essential to his existence. In E<em>dgar Degas: Drawings and Pastels</em>, Christopher Lloyd examines the artist’s drawings and pastels, traces the development of his style, and explores his biography, including his complicated relationship with the Impressionists. The artist’s entire career is covered, from his early days copying the Old Masters through 1912, when failing eyesight caused him to cease working. Following a broadly chronological approach, Lloyd discusses Degas’s images of dancers, nudes, milliners, and the less well-known racehorse and landscape drawings. His extensive research, which included consulting the artist’s detailed notebooks, results in a fascinating and comprehensive exposition of Degas’s work, at the heart of which are beautiful reproduction of over 200 pencil, black-chalk, pen-and-ink, and charcoal drawings and pastels.
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Edgar Degas, Christopher Lloyd
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- Released
- 2014
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- (Hardcover)
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- Title
- Edgar Degas
- Subtitle
- Drawings and Pastels
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Christopher Lloyd
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson
- Released
- 2014
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 320
- ISBN10
- 0500093814
- ISBN13
- 9780500093818
- Series
- Categories
- Tags
- Historical Themes, Art, USA, France, History of Art, Western Europe, Decorative Arts, Impressionism
- Description
- Edgar Degas (1834–1917) was one of the outstanding draughtsmen of the 19th century; for him drawing was not only a central tenet of his art but was essential to his existence. In E<em>dgar Degas: Drawings and Pastels</em>, Christopher Lloyd examines the artist’s drawings and pastels, traces the development of his style, and explores his biography, including his complicated relationship with the Impressionists. The artist’s entire career is covered, from his early days copying the Old Masters through 1912, when failing eyesight caused him to cease working. Following a broadly chronological approach, Lloyd discusses Degas’s images of dancers, nudes, milliners, and the less well-known racehorse and landscape drawings. His extensive research, which included consulting the artist’s detailed notebooks, results in a fascinating and comprehensive exposition of Degas’s work, at the heart of which are beautiful reproduction of over 200 pencil, black-chalk, pen-and-ink, and charcoal drawings and pastels.