Degas

by Robert Gordon, Andrew Forge, Edgar Degas

Book Overview

The authors of Abrams' highly successful Monet and The Last Flowers of Manet have made the definitive book on the French Impressionist Edgar Degas. The New York Observer said, "In the wonderfully readable text . . . we are put in very intimate touch with the artist's own sensibility. . . . This is a book notto be missed". 324 illustrations, 121 in full color. 2 gatefolds.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810911426
• ISBN13: 9780810911420
• Release Date: October 1988
• Publisher: ABRAMS
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 5.70 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Highly recommended

Degas was an artist that tried a variety of media and techniques during his long career. This book explores all aspects of his life and work, also providing quotes by and about the artist. It is very well researched. The reader learns about Degas as painter, sculptor, printer, photographer, and even poet (translations of several sonnets are included). There are many photos of the artist and his work in all media. The result is a vivid portrait of Edgar Degas.

the painter of girl dancers

Degas was obsessed with painting girls naked from behind. No, he wasn't interested in obscene poses, but in drawing the backs and buttocks of women as they washed themselves or slept in bed. He also loved watching pretty girls dancing on stage. And he loved to paint them just as much, in rehearsal and in concert. Painting in the daytime, landscapes from nature in the great outdoors--none of that was for him. In fact, he found it impossible to paint anywhere except in his dim and dusty studio. He painted similar scenes as those of Toulouse-Lautrec, but in his own style. The older Degas treated Lautrec as a sort of disciple, with patronizing benevolence. But unlike Lautrec, he led a quiet, chase life and lived to a ripe old age.David Rehakauthor of "Love and Madness"

Degas

This is a great book for any Degas fan, the color plates are absolutely gorgeous!

The photoplates alone make this book well worth it!

This book is incredible! I stumbled upon it at a [local] book store and it was marked down to an incredible [price] so you can bet I snatched it right up. This book goes from his drafts up through wonderful color photoplates. It has a total history of Degas, his family etc. Wonderful! Buy this book!

i bet it's great

i have not had a chance to read this book. and i may never.. i don't have the money to buy it. But i love Degas.. i am 15 and am already way inot his art.. i think it is so incredible how captivated he was by balerinas. i wish more young people understood art as i do. becasuse there is so much more to it than just a pretty picture.. its a real feeling.Someday i hope to be as well known as he is. He is my inspiration.