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Richard Kendall - Degas and the Ballet: Picturing Movement

Title: Degas and the Ballet: Picturing Movement
Description: Royal Academy of Arts, 2011. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. 9781905711680 Small stain on lower closed text block, 2" roughened narrow strip to edge of flyleaf, contents otherwise clean bright and unmarked. Sumptuously illustrated with drawings, pastels, paintings, prints and sculpture, as well as photographs taken by the artist and his contemporaries, and samples of filmfromthe period, this beautiful book follows the development of Degas’s ballet imagery. The renowned Degas scholars Richard Kendall and Jill Devonyar examine the artist’s innovative approach to the subject, fromhis documentarymode of the early 1870s to the sensuous and expressivemanner of his late work. Parallel advances in photography and early filmare also explored, placing Degas’s lifelong engagement with the figure inmovement in a contemporary context. 280 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Art & Design; ISBN/EAN: 9781905711680. Inventory No: dscf10845.

Keywords: BZDB229 Art & Design; Degas and the Ballet Picturing Movement Richard Kendall

Price: GBP 42.00 = appr. US$ 59.98 Seller: Denton Island Books
- Book number: dscf10845

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