Degas : a dialogue of difference : with 244 illustrations, 184 in colour
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Degas : a dialogue of difference : with 244 illustrations, 184 in colour
Thames & Hudson, 2007
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Degas und sein Jahrhundert
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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This richly illustrated volume explores the pictorial world of the man whose formal innovations, commitment to realism and exploration of both the light and dark sides of contemporary society foreshadowed the art of the 20th century. Werner Hofmann brings his own penetrating and often surprising new analyses to many of Degass best-known works, interspersed with insights into the artists bourgeois background. His artistic trajectory is placed within the context of the major currents of 19th-century art, with David, Ingres, Delacroix, Courbet and the Impressionists among the key points of reference. In this way, we see not only the traditions that influenced him but also his striking individuality and spirit of innovation, which forged a new artistic path into the 20th century.
Table of Contents
- 1. A Man Apart
- 2. Before the Change of Course
- 3. Contemplation, Alienation and Self-Awareness
- 4. Women and Their Daydreams
- 5. Rooms Become Walls
- 6. A Painted Parable
- 7. The Bourgeois in His World - The Discovery of Leisure
- 8. Bodies
- 9. Dancers: Flying High and Falling Low
- 10. Liberties Bought and Sold
- 11. The Body Attending to Itself
- 12. The Experimenter
- 13. Degas and His Century.
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