Art lll Honors
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2/9/2018 0 Comments February 09th, 2018![]() Edgar Degas was a very interesting artist, that was classical and modern in one of his many pieces. He lived in France and was one of 1st founders of impressionism. Many of his pieces contain the artistic abilities of others and a all the movement they make when in the process of doing it. He sometimes did female nudes and was judged for it. His mother knew opera singers and his father would sometimes hold dance recitals within their household. Edgar Degas was born on the 19th of July, 1834. He lived in Paris, France the majority of his childhood and adulthood. his mother and father influenced him to create art and be inspired by natural beauty Degas was apart in a seminal group of Paris artist and shared exhibits together in the 1870's. He was always intrigued by challenges and capturing the human eye. Degas was one of the 1st founders of impressionism, but the name "impressionism" did not appeal his ears, he liked to be called a realist. Most of his pieces have singers, laundresses and dancers with odd color or capturing color. He loved to capture the exotic shapes of dancers, and the powerful voices of singers too. Degas's media that he most commonly used was sculpture, paints, prints and drawings. He usually used nudes colors or softer colors within his pieces, because he studied classical art. Since he was basically born into the art by his parents, he was inspired by his childhood and all the recitals that would preform in his home. He had many artist that inspired his work, the number one artist was Diego Velazquez, who was a Spanish artist in the 17th century . Diego was a court painter for King Phillip IV and took the lead of the Baroque period. Diego was known as the master of light and detail, which I think influence Degas through all his art pieces ,by bring out light and detail of that art. Diego also influenced many other artist too. The 1st piece in the left upper corner, is known as "the fourteen year old dancer". This piece was made in the 1830's based a girl he saw dancing. The medium being used is wax and gold paint over it. The piece almost makes me fell sad because she looks dirty, but the texture looks rich and expensive, I'm a little stuck in between the two. I think he picked this concept because of all the stress of a dancer, from personal experience it is fun ,but a lot of work. He used the colors of gold to capture the naturalist/realist feel. He also used the cloth for skirt to demonstrate that too. The 2nd piece on the bottom, is "Foyer de la Danse ", which was made in 1872. There are dancers during rehearsals, in their studio. He used oil paint for his medium in this painting. He usually paints from the point of view that is random and natural, this is also a little bit of Cubism. The colors are very vintage and soft colors. It makes me fell peaceful and calm/chill because nothing grand is happening. As a dancer it honestly makes me want to dance because the pointing of foot and the dance moves make me happy. It is also inspiring to stay calm as a dancer. The brush strokes are thin around the girls costumes and their faces, but the light seems like really thick brush strokes. Overall this artist is very inspiring we it comes to being a dancer. He portrays the dancers as calm, cool and collected, but sometimes they can get very stressed out and tried from dancing all day. You can become very sore physically and mental wore out from creativity. Degas took his childhood and used it throughout most his pieces .All the pieces he has done are always calm and soft colors, but the people are in action. I also think his parents encouraged him and even if the critics judged fro his art he continued to do the art he considered beautiful. Edgar Degas is one of the many artist that showed many different emotions though the same subject( dancers). Citations: Edgar degas Biography Edgar Degas Wikipedia( not much though) www.tate.org> fourteen year old dancer www.theartstory.org > Edgar Degas
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