Author: Shackelford, George T.M. & Xavier Rey.
Title: Degas and the nude
Description: With contributions by Lucian Freud ... [et al.]. Boston : Museum of Fine Arts, 2011. Hardcover. Dustjacket. 241 pp. Ills. Publication in conjunction with the exhibition Degas and the nude organised by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Musée d'Orsay, Paris. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, October 9, 2011 - February 5, 2012, Musée D'Orsay, March 12, 2012 - July 1, 2012. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : as new. - 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. ISBN 9780878467730.

Keywords: ART, Degas, Edgar (1834-1917)