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    Edgar Degas-En Francais

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    Edgar Degas Edgar Degas était un peintre impressionniste très important. Il s’est spécialisé en verticales des personnes‚ principalement danseurs de ballet. Degas n’etait pas simplement un impressionniste‚ parce qu’il est allé au delà de celui et est devenu un modèle pour l’avant-garde‚ aussi bien que pour Toulouse-Lautrec son palpeur‚ et Gaugin son admirateur. Les événements de la vie de Degas ne sont pas d’intérêt excessif ou romantique. Le 19 Juillet 1834 il était Hilaire Germaine nommé

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    Painting is a way of using art in order to manifest expressions with colors and figures. Every painter adopts a different way of painting. Mary Cassatt and Georgia O’Keeffe are two women American painters whose work are very different. The most notable differences between them are their style‚ subject matter and influences. Mary Cassatt’s earlier style was characterized for colorful scenes from contemporary life. After being influences by the impressionists she developed a distinctive style that

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    The Rehearsal

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    Using examples from The Rehearsal by Edgar Degas (Miscellaneous List)‚ explain asymmetrical balance‚ emphasis/subordination‚ directional forces‚ and contrast. In the painting The Rehearsal by Edgar Degas there are a few different techniques used to show asymmetrical balance‚ emphasis/subordination‚ directional forces‚ and contrast. These all bring the painting together‚ and make it flow. Asymmetrical balance is the use of sides of the painting that do not match to balance out a picture visually

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    contrast of tactile texture. This is emphasized by Ragans R. (2002: 203) by saying: What an unusual combination of textures! The figure of the Young dancer is cast in bronze. Even the vest and the ballet Shoes she wears are bronze. To that degas added a skirt made of gauzelike fabric in a stain hair ribbon. The composition comprising of a series of diagonal lines as shown by the posture of the head‚ torso and legs in The little fourteen year old dancer thus suggesting a subtle or calm movement

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    different view of that thing (it?s sometimes called ?anti-realism). I can give you a very simple example of expressionism: If I showed an impressionist a vase of flowers‚ they might produce something akin to ?A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers? by Edgar Degas. An expressionist might show you something like "Flowers in Vase" by Mary Lee Lombard or maybe something not at all like that. The Expressionist theatre movement developed in Germany around 1905. It was characterised by attempts to dramatise subjective

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    that went against the bourgeois values by not caring about the class definitions that were socially acceptable. He painted something that he “shouldn’t” have‚ but it brought him instant fame. 2. How do Japanese prints influence the works of Degas?  - Degas was influenced by Japanese prints in composition and line. He did not paint women in kimonos in his art. Rather than painting Japanese subjects like his fellow artists he took on Japanese techniques and qualities. 3. What are the impressionists

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    BMS122: APPRECIATING LEISURE LIFESTYLES Types of Art: Main Periods 1. 2. 3. Visual Arts Appreciation Part 2 4. 5. 6. 7. Pre-historic Ancient Medieval (Middle Ages) Renaissance Baroque / Rococo 19th Century 20th Century 6. 19th Century Art  19th Century Art: Neo-classicism  Includes: 1. 2. 3. 4. Neo-classicism Romanticism Realism Impressionism  Rebirth to the art of ancient Rome and Greece‚ and the Renaissance Costumes‚ settings‚ and details depicted with much

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    Mary Cassatt was an impressionist painter‚ born in America in 1844. She later decides to move to France however to pursue for career and makes it her permanent home in 1875. This allowed her to be more exposed to other artists‚ such as Edgar Degas who she highly admired. Thus his works inspired and influenced Mary’s use of mediums in her own artworks. This can be seen within various works such as the Little Girl in a Blue Armchair‚ Sleepy Baby and Maternal cares. Through these we can see how her

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    Edgar Degas has become known as one of the world’s most influential Impressionist‚ or Realist (the title he preferred)‚ artists. Impressionism was one of the most important art movements in the nineteenth century and had great influences on Modern Art development. The first Impressionist exhibitions were held in 1874‚ but at the time‚ it still was not recognized as a real art. Impressionist artists‚ including Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir‚ ignored details‚ revealed their brushstrokes

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    Analysis of Edgar Degas’ L ’Absinthe Edgar Degas was born in Paris France‚ on 19 July 1834 and died on 27 September 1917 at the age of 83. He was a painter and a sculpture. He was considered one of the founders of "Impressionism"‚ although he didn’t like that term and preferred to call it "Realism". Unlike his Impressionist colleges‚ Degas was more of an urban artist. He liked to paint the small stage spaces of shows‚ everyday activities and leisure areas. Edgar Degas’ painting of L ’Absinthe

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