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Portraits of Degas' early career and details on his works use the Art Institute's extensive Degas holdings to provide visual embellishment. Expect a title light on discussion and heavy on visual images, with Boggs tracing patterns of experimentation and innovation which were key Degas contributions. -- Midwest Book Review
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The Art Institute of Chicago enjoys an almost unparalleled collection of works by Degas. Here, a selection of highlights enables renowned art historian Jean Sutherland Boggs to survey his career and trace his lifelong exploration of motifs and ideas. Painter and draftsman, graphic artist and sculptor, creator of some of the finest pastels of his time, there is no area of the fine arts that he did not master. 60 illustrations, 40 in full color.
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Portraits of Degas' early career and details on his works use the Art Institute's extensive Degas holdings to provide visual embellishment. Expect a title light on discussion and heavy on visual images, with Boggs tracing patterns of experimentation and innovation which were key Degas contributions. -- Midwest Book Review
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The Art Institute of Chicago enjoys an almost unparalleled collection of works by Degas. Here, a selection of highlights enables renowned art historian Jean Sutherland Boggs to survey his career and trace his lifelong exploration of motifs and ideas. Painter and draftsman, graphic artist and sculptor, creator of some of the finest pastels of his time, there is no area of the fine arts that he did not master. 60 illustrations, 40 in full color.
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Degas's background and beginnings would scarcely suggest he was predestined to be the revolutionary he was, so comprehensively reconceiving our visual perceptions. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, New Orleans, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Circus Fernando, Concert Singer, Havemeyer Bequest, Havemeyer Collection, The Bellelli Family, Ballet Class, Dance Class, Place de la Concorde, Spartan Girls Challenging Boys, The Fogg Art Museum, The Rape New!
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