Degas : a strange new beauty

Book 2016

"Edgar Degas is best known as a chronicler of the ballet, yet his work in monotype reveals his restless experimentation. In the mid-1870s, Degas was introduced to the monotype process -- drawing in ink on a metal plate that was then run through a press. Captivated by the monotype's potential, he embraced it with enthusiasm, taking the medium to radical ends. He expanded the possibilities of drawing, created surfaces with heightened tactility, an...

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ISBN:

9781633450059
1633450058

Description:

239 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm

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Strange new beauty
Edgar Degas: a strange new beauty

Notes:

Published in conjunction with the exhibition Edgar Degas: a strange new beauty, at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, March 26 - July 24, 2016, organized by Jodi Hauptman, Senior Curator, Department of Drawings and Prints, with Richard Kendall
Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-238)

Contents:

Introduction / Jodi Hauptman
An anarchist in art : Degas and the monotype / Richard Kendall
Degas in the dark / Carol Armstrong
Indelible ink : Degas's methods and materials / Karl Buchberg and Laura Neufeld
Plates
The singular multiple / Stephanie O'Rourke
Defined by light / Kimberly Schenck
Darkness and the light of lamps / Hollis Clayson
On smoke / Samantha Friedman
An "anti-spectacular" art / Kathryn Brown
Stockings and mirrors / Raisa Rexer
Movement and landscape / Jonas Beyer
Frieze of dancers / Jill DeVonyar

LCCN:

2015960601

Control Number:

1642023

Other Authors:

Armstrong, Carol M., author of essay
Degas, Edgar, 1834-1917. Works. Selections
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.), host institution

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