Author

Contributions

  • Shackelford, George T. M., 1955- - Contributor
  • Rey, Xavier - Contributor
  • Freud, Lucian - Contributor
  • Gayford, Martin, 1952- - Contributor
  • Roquebert, Anne - Contributor
and 2 more
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - Contributor
  • Musée d'Orsay - Contributor

Publication

2012 - Hazan, Paris, France

Language

French

Word Count

69,250 words, Guess

Page Count

277 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-102354330693
  • ISBN-102754106138
  • ISBN-139782354330699
  • ISBN-139782754106139
  • Library of Congress Control Number2012476632
and 2 more

Classifications

  • LCCN6853.D33 A4 2012

Description

"Degas et le nu" explores 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.

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