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The Dancer
Degas, Forain, Toulouse-Lautrec
Artists in late 19th-century France produced some of Europe's most celebrated and revolutionary works of art. Among those innovators are Edgar Degas, Jean-Louis Forain, and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, who captured the renowned dancers of Paris in paintings, pastels, drawings, prints, and sculptures, creating potent icons of a unique time, place, and culture. Each sought to portray rapidly changing urban life, concentrating on the human figure in its social context. The dancer proved to be a fruitful subject for their investigations of modernity.
Degas focused on the artifice of the performance and the harsh daily life of the dancer. Drawing on his background as a newspaper illustrator, Forain's vignettes focus on backstage flirtations between social unequals, especially their exploitative aspects. By contrast, Lautrec's paintings, prints, and posters of celebrity dancers reveal his uncritical acceptance of the sexual commerce that was part of the popular entertainment scene of Montmartre.
Degas focused on the artifice of the performance and the harsh daily life of the dancer. Drawing on his background as a newspaper illustrator, Forain's vignettes focus on backstage flirtations between social unequals, especially their exploitative aspects. By contrast, Lautrec's paintings, prints, and posters of celebrity dancers reveal his uncritical acceptance of the sexual commerce that was part of the popular entertainment scene of Montmartre.
About the Author
Annette Dixon is curator of prints and drawings at the Portland Art Museum, Other contributors include Mary Weaver Chapin, Jill DeVonyar, Richard Kendall, and Florence Valdès-Forain.
Reviews
"Particularly well illustrated with a range of paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures, and objects (many previously unpublished), this catalogue will be an important addition to museum and art-focused collections. Highly recommended."—Choice
"A visual treat. The intelligent essays, time line, bibliography, and full exhibition checklist will appeal to researchers, but the subject matters has broader appeal. Recommended."—Library Journal
"No academic, art department, or community library art history reference collection should be considered complete without the inclusion of The Dancer."—Bookwatch
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February 22, 2008 | |
9781883124274 | |
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269 color illus. | |
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