Degas' Drawings

Degas' DrawingsFrench artist Hilaire Germaine Edgar Degas (18341917) is best known for his studies of the human figure, his ballet dancers, his portraits, and his occupational groups. In his drawings, Degas' working methods can be seen and studied, and his always human figures can be enjoyed as much as in the finished works if not more. Reproduced in this book are 100 of Degas' drawings. They range from early studies to portraits of Manet, Madame Hertel, Madame

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professor and administrator at the University of Connecticut for 40 years

other concerns are explored in this superb general selection from Thoreau's voluminous Journal

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this volume also includes a supplement of photographs of sixteenth-century Chippendale-style pieces

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