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Facture : conservation, science, art history. Volume 3, Degas / volume editors, Daphne S. Barbour, Suzanne Quillen Lomax.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art, French--Conservation and restoration.
- Art, French.
- Museum conservation methods--Washington (D.C.).
- Museum conservation methods.
- National Gallery of Art (U.S.).
- Degas, Edgar, 1834-1917--Criticism and interpretation.
- Degas, Edgar.
- Degas, Edgar, 1834-1917.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 2 unnumbered pages, 180 pages) : 149 illustrations (chiefly color), portrait
- Other Title:
- Degas
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : National Gallery of Art, [2017]
- Summary:
- "... Focuses exclusively on conservation treatment, technical art history, and scientific research related to masterpieces by the beloved French artist Edgar Degas (1834-1917). The National Gallery's extraordinary collection of sculptures, paintings, and works on paper by Degas, including an incomparable group of his wax sculptures-among them his iconic Little Dancer Aged Fourteen-allows the institution to contribute significantly to understanding the artist's methods and intentions. This volume features discussions of the notion of 'finish' in Degas's paintings, the complex makeup of his wax sculptures, the casting of posthumous bronzes, his innovative use of multiple layers of pastel and fixative in a late work on paper, and even a sonnet that Degas wrote to his "little dancer "--Publisher's description.
- Contents:
- Degas and difficulty / Richard Kendall
- The question of Finnish in the work of Edgar Degas / An Hoenigswald and Kimberly A. Jones
- Edgar Degas's wax sculptures : characterization and comparison with contemporary practice / Suzanne Quillen Komax, Barbara H. Berrie, and Michael Palmer
- Casting Degas's sculpture into bronze : a closer look / Daphne Barbour and Shelley Sturman
- Technical exploration of Edgar Degas's Ballet Scence : a late pastel on tracing paper / Michelle Facini, Katbryn A. Dooley, John K. Delaney, Suzanne Quillen Lomax, and Michael Palmer
- Edgar Degas and Mary Cassatt : a comparison of drawings for soft-ground etchings / Kimberly Schenck
- The Little Dancer in wax and words : reading a sonnet by Edgar Degas / Alison Luchs.
- Notes:
- Description based on print record and online resource (A&AePortal, viewed on August 25, 2020).
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9780300257540
- 0300257546
- OCLC:
- 1190716587
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