New. Edgar Degas illustrator. 279 x 257 mm. Brand New Book.
The nude figure was critical to the art of Edgar Degas throughout
his life, and yet frequently his expansive body of work on this
subject has been overshadowed by his celebrated portraits and
dancers. "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.
More than 200 lushly rendered full-color images present a re-seeing
of Degas'' subject in paintings, pastels, drawings, prints and
sculpture. Among them are the most important of Degas'' early
paintings of nudes, "Scene of War in the Middle Ages," which
exerted a lifelong influence on the artist''s treatment of the
female nude and includes poses repeated throughout his career;
monotypes of the late 1870s, almost caricature-like in their
imagery, illustrating Degas'' most explicitly sexual depictions of
women in Parisian brothels; and a number of pictures portraying the
daily life of women wherever they may reside. Together these
iterations range over more than a half-century of genius
achievement and present a groundbreaking look at the evolution of
this master artist
目錄：
Directors'' Foreword
Acknowledgments
Lucian Freud Talks about Degas
MARTIN GAYFORD
Introduction
GEORGE T. M. SHACKELFORD AND XAVIER REY
The Classical Body: Begas''s Beginnings
ANNE ROQUEBERT
The Body in Peril: Scene of War in the Middle Ages
GEORGE T. M. SHACKELFORD
The Body Exploited: Degas''s Brothel Works
XAVIER REY
The Body Observed: Degas''s Naturalist Nudes
XAVIER REY
The Body Exhibited: Degas''s Nudes in the 1880s
GEORGE T. M, SHACKELFORD
The Body Transformed: Degas''s Last Nudes
GEORGE T, M, SHACKELFORD
Epilogue 1213
GEORGE T. M. SHACKELFORD
List of Illustrations
Notes
Select Bibliography
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