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Degas : a passion for perfection / [edited by] Jane Munro.
Degas : a passion for perfection / [edited by] Jane Munro.
About this item
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Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2017]
Call Numbers
GQ 2018/0410
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MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
269 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Degas and England / Richard Kendall -- Copying and Learning / Jane Munro -- Degas's Greasy Ink Drawings / Timothy J. Standring -- Nudes / Jane Munro -- Landscapes / Jane Munro -- At the Café : painting in focus / Jane Munro -- Degas, Classicism, Dance / Jill DeVonyar -- The Sculpture of Degas : pro...
Publication information
Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2017]
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
[2017]
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
A beautiful celebration of six decades of work by Edgar Degas, published in the centennial year of the artist's death Edgar Degas's (1834-1917) relentless experimentation with technical procedures is a hallmark of his lifelong desire to learn. The numerous iterations of compositions and poses suggest an intense self-discipline, as well as a refusal...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Degas : a passion for perfection / [edited by] Jane Munro.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Artists
Kendall, Richard., author.
Standring, Timothy J., 1950- author.
DeVonyar, Jill, author.
Avery, Victoria, author.
Dillon, Jo, author.
Robins, Anna Gruetzner, author.
Degas, Edgar, 1834-1917.
Yale University Press.
Fitzwilliam Museum., host institution.
Denver Art Museum., host institution.
Notes
General note
Published to accompany an exhibition held at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, October 3, 2017-January 14, 2018, and at the Denver Art Museum, February 19-May 20, 2018.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-259) and index.
Contextual Information
Date Copyright
©2017
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
GQ 2018/0410
Record Identifier
74VKVopNNl0d
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVopNNl0d
Other Identifiers
ISBN
030022950X (paperback)
9780300228236 (hardback ; alk. paper)
0300228236 (hardback ; alk. paper)
9780300229509 (paperback)
DDC
709.2
MMS ID
991024164895802626
