9780300075175: Degas at the Races
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ISBN 10: 0300075170 ISBN 13: 9780300075175
Editorial: Yale University Press, 1998

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During Degas' youth, horseracing became one of the most popular French spectator sports and horses soon came to occupy a special place in his work. This is the exhibition catalogue of over 120 paintings, drawings, pastels, prints and sculptures in which Degas explores the horse in all its facets.

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During Degas' youth, horseracing became one of the most popular French spectator sports and horses soon came to occupy a special place in his work. This is the exhibition catalogue of over 120 paintings, drawings, pastels, prints and sculptures in which Degas explores the horse in all its facets.

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In 1834, the year Edgar Degas was born, professional horseracing was introduced in France at Chantilly. During the artist's youth, horseracing grew to become one of the most popular French spectator sports, and Degas himself was introduced to horses while vacationing in Normandy. Horses soon occupied a special place in his art, inspiring many of his most innovative works. This beautiful book -- the first to examine the artist's lifelong interest in the world of jockeys and horses -- includes reproductions of more than 120 paintings, drawings, pastels, prints, and sculptures of horses and all facets of horseracing.Beginning with classically derived models in his early paintings, Degas went on to the racecourse, where he created a series of unforgettable images. He responded to the power and grace of the horse, much as he did to the elegance and agility of the ballet dancer. Degas portrayed both the animal beauty and the members of French society he saw at the racecourse. This book discusses in detail the importance of the horse in Degas's paintings and also examines his use of the subject in his drawing and in his wax sculpture.This book is the catalogue of an exhibit that opens at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., on April 12, 1998.

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Editorial
Yale University Press
Año de publicación
1998
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0300075170
ISBN 13 
9780300075175
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Número de páginas
270
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