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Edgar Degas: Impressionism

Edgar Degas: Impressionism. Cassidy Clark. Style & Materials. Style: Realistic He wanted to capture the body’s movements as they actually were Materials Bronze Wax over metal framework. Subject Matter & Significance. Subject Matter: Ballerinas Horses Women bathing

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Edgar Degas: Impressionism

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  1. Edgar Degas:Impressionism Cassidy Clark

  2. Style & Materials • Style: • Realistic • He wanted to capture the body’s movements as they actually were • Materials • Bronze • Wax over metal framework

  3. Subject Matter & Significance • Subject Matter: • Ballerinas • Horses • Women bathing • Why Degas is well-known: • Very successful painter • Fused many different methods from all over the world together • Most sculptures were not seen until after his death • Showed his work at Impressionist Exhibitions

  4. Impressionism • Related to Realism, but is less restricted • Wanted to “capture a fleeting impression” • Temporary • Other Sculptors: • Paul Gauguin • Inspired by Degas and carved in wood • Auguste Rodin • Created “The Thinker” and “The Kiss” • Camille Claudel • “The Waltz” • Became Rodin’s lover

  5. Interesting Facts • Degas was initially very focused on pastel work • When his eyesight began to suffer, he turned to sculpture • He only ever showed one sculpture during his life • “The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer” • After his death, his friends took his wax models and cast his sculptures in bronze

  6. “The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer”modeled ca. 1879-1880, cast in 1922

  7. “Dancer Looking at the Sole of Her Right Foot”modeled ca. 1900, cast in 1920

  8. “Horse Trotting, the Feet not Touching the Ground”modeled 1878, cast in 1920

  9. “Dancer Holding Right Foot in Hand”modeled ca. 1890-1911, cast 1919-1921

  10. “Dancer: Arabesque on Right Leg, Left Arm in Line” modeled ca. 1877-1885, cast ca. 1919-1931

  11. “Woman Seated in an Armchair Wiping Her Left Armpit”modeled ca. 1895, cast in 1920

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