Degas
Ballerina painter's name
Edgar Degas was a nineteenth-century French painter and sculptor associated with Impressionism, renowned for his depictions of ballet dancers, horse racing, and Parisian life.
His name appears in art historical contexts and museum collections worldwide: The Degas exhibition drew record crowds.
She studied Degas's use of pastel. (Lowercase degas means to remove gases.)
Classical dance on pointe
- dancerOne who moves rhythmically
- pastelPale, gentle shade
- ParisFrance's chief city
- movementChange in position
brushwork · composition · light · color · realism · oil · canvas · atelier
Classical female dancer
- tutuShort projecting dance skirt
- rehearsalPre-performance practice session
- barreFixed studio rail
- pointeBallet's tiptoe technique
stage · performance · dancer · movement · grace · backstage · corps · pirouette
Copper-tin alloy
- sculptureShaped three-dimensional art
- monotypeNon-reproducible printed artwork
- printTransfer text to paper
- etchingAcid-incised metal print
collection · museum · auction · masterpiece · catalogue · exhibition · provenance · restoration
ballet
Classical dance on pointe
movement · brushwork · composition · light · color · realism · oil · canvas · atelier · palette
ballerina
Classical female dancer
pointe · stage · performance · dancer · movement · grace · backstage · corps · pirouette · studio
bronze
Copper-tin alloy
- sculptureShaped three-dimensional art
- monotypeNon-reproducible printed artwork
- printTransfer text to paper
etching · collection · museum · auction · masterpiece · catalogue · exhibition · provenance · restoration · original
dancers
People who move rhythmically
- bathersPeople in water recreationally
- laundressesWomen who wash clothes
- millinersCreators of women's headwear
jockeys · racehorses · women · toilette · ironers · singers · orchestra · nudes · portraits · genre
pastel
Pale, gentle shade
asymmetry · snapshot · Japanese influence · layering · reworking · fixative · hatching · blending · impasto · chiaroscuro
- French LuminariesVictor Hugo, Emile Zola, Claude Monet, Louis Pasteur, Gustave Eiffel
- Modern ArtistsPicasso, Pablo Picasso, Matisse, Pollock, Warhol
- sculpturestatue, sculpture, sculptor, sculpting, bronze
- art museumspaintings, The Louvre, galleries, permanent collection, exhibitions
- paintersBotticelli, Caravaggio, Cezanne, Da Vinci, Dali
- 19th century artsImpressionism, Romanticism, Realism, opera, symphony