Edgar Degas: Drawings and Pastels - Hardcover

Christopher Lloyd

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0500093814 ISBN 13: 9780500093818

Verlag: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2014

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'Comprehensive but compact enough to read in bed, this superbly illustrated account encompasses the range of works on paper by the artist who was the 19th century's greatest draughtsman, equal to the Old Masters' - Financial Times 'Scholarly but accessible ... a fascinating account of an artist whose work retains a freshness that remains relevant today' - The Artist 'Thorough, but also accessible ... probably one of the most complete books on Degas available' - ArtBookReviews.net 'Beautifully reproduced illustrations ... concise, elegantly informative' - The Spectator

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Edgar Degas (1834–1917) was one of the outstanding draughtsmen of the 19th century and drawing was not only a central tenet of his art but also essential to his existence. Through an examination of the artist’s drawings and pastels, Christopher Lloyd reveals the development of Degas’s style as well the story of his life, including his complicated relationship with the Impressionists. Following a broadly chronological approach, the author discusses the various subject areas, not only the images of dancers (which form over half of Degas’s total oeuvre) but also of nudes and milliners, and the less well-known racehorse and landscape drawings. He covers his whole career, from when Degas was copying the Old Masters to learn his craft to when he ceased work in 1912 because of failing eyesight, setting him within the artistic context of the period. Lloyd’s extensive research, which includes consulting the artist’s detailed notebooks, has resulted in a comprehensive exposition with, at its heart, some 250 pencil, black-chalk, pen-and-ink, and charcoal drawings and pastels of timeless appeal.

Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. Beginnings 1853–1855; 2. Italy 1856–1859; 3. History Paintings 1860–1865; 4. Changing Directions 1865–1870; 5. Confronting the Modern World 1870–1879; 6. Retreat into the Studio 1880–1890; 7. Landscape Drawings; 8. ‘The Dying of the Light’ 1890–c. 1912

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• Verlag: Thames and Hudson Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0500093814
• ISBN 13: 9780500093818
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 320