Mapping Degas
| Author | : Roberta Crisci-Richardson |
| Publisher | : Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 390 |
| Release | : 2015-06-18 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781443879330 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1443879339 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (30 Downloads) |
Download or read book Mapping Degas written by Roberta Crisci-Richardson and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2015-06-18 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New Art History and the Impressionist canon seem to have successfully claimed Edgar Degas as a misogynist, rabid nationalist and misanthrope whose art was both masterly and experimental. By analysing Degas’s approach to space and his self-fashioning attitude towards identity within the ambiguities of the political and artistic culture of nineteenth-century France, this book questions the characterisation of Degas as a right-wing Frenchman and artist, and will change the way in which Degas is thought about today.
