Bibliograph

Degas and the nude, George T.M. Shackelford, Xavier Rey ; with contributions by Lucian Freud with Martin Gayford, Anne Roquebert

Type

Label

Degas and the nude, George T.M. Shackelford, Xavier Rey ; with contributions by Lucian Freud with Martin Gayford, Anne Roquebert

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 238-239)

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Degas and the nude

Nature of contents

bibliographycatalogs

Oclc number

727701616

Responsibility statement

George T.M. Shackelford, Xavier Rey ; with contributions by Lucian Freud with Martin Gayford, Anne Roquebert

Summary

"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

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