Edgar Degas : portrait : the unique spirit / David Thompson, Ann Turner, directors ; BBC.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Thompson, David, 1929-2019, film director.

Turner, Ann, 1960- film director.

British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service, production company.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Degas, Edgar, 1834-1917.

Degas, Edgar.

Degas, Edgar, 1834-1917--Criticism and interpretation.

Impressionism (Art)--France.

Impressionism (Art).

Impressionist artists--France.

Impressionist artists.

France.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Internet videos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr., 5 min.)) : sound, color

Other Title:

Unique spirit

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : BBC, [1980]

System Details:

digital

video file

Summary:

In this documentary, directors Ann Turner and David Thompson reveal all the aspects of Edgar Degas's art and personality. The artist was as much a painter as an experimental graphic artist, a sculptor, a photographer and a poet! Horses, female nudes, and the ever-recurring enchanting dancers compose the world of Edgar Degas. Himself a son of the nobility, he chose to study humans in everyday situations, and life in motion. A tightening of the shoelace, a horse in mid-gallop, a bathing woman -- Degas, close to the Impressionists, provoked Paris's art critics with these snapshots captured in off-centre framings, radical perspectives and compositions. Ann Turner delves into the atmosphere of the works and reveals, besides Degas the gifted draughtsman and painter, also an experimental graphic artist, sculptor, photographer and poet.

Notes:

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OCLC:

956370453

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.