The nude figure was critical to the art of Edgar Degas throughout his life, and yet 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 critics, the book aims to ...
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The nude figure was critical to the art of Edgar Degas throughout his life, and yet 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 critics, the book aims to provide a new interpretation of Degas's evolving conception of the nude and to situate it in the subject's broader context among his peers in 19th-century France. Among the scores of reproductions is one of the most important of Degas's early paintings, Scene of War in the Middle Ages, which exerted a lifelong influence on the artist's treatment of the female nude and includes poses poses repeated throughout his career. Also included are monotypes of the late 1870s, which illustrate Degas's most explicitly sexual depictions of women in Parisian brothels, and pictures portraying the daily life of women wherever they resided. Together these iterations range over more than a half-century of virtuoso achievement and manifest a groundbreaking look at the evolution of this master artist.
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Near fine. Color pictorial wraps. xxi + 241 pp. Many color and bw plates. Catalogue for "Degas and the Nude", which explores "the artist's treatment of the nude from his early years in the 1850s to his last decades when the theme reigned over his artistic production" and situates his work among his 19th century contemporaries. Softcover.
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Very Good. 4to-over 9¾-12" tall A beautiful clean crisp uncracked unmarked softcover in very good condition, faint shelfwear to extremities. PLEASE NOTE: OVERSIZED ITEM, NO INTERNATIONAL ORDERS ON AMAZON.
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Near Fine. Inscribed by the Author. 241 pages. Paperback exhibition catalogue. Texts in English. Inscribed by one of the curator/authors to the previous owner on the half title page. There are no other internal markings and wear to the edges is minimal. Tight binding and uncreased spine. Bound in stiff illustrated French fold covers and published on the occasion of the exhibition held from October 9, 2011-February 5, 2012 in Boston, and subsequently in Paris. Additional contributions by Lucian Freud with Martin Gayford and Anne Roquebert.
