Research Catalog
Degas and the nude
- Title
- Degas and the nude / George T.M. Shackelford, Xavier Rey ; with contributions by Lucian Freud with Martin Gayford, Anne Roquebert ; [edited by Fronia Simpson ; translations from French by Jean Coyner].
- Author
- Shackelford, George T. M., 1955-
- Publication
- Boston : Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 2011, c2011.
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- Description
- xxi, 241 p. : ill. (chiefly col.); 28 cm.
- Summary
- "Degas and the Nude" is the first book in a generation to explore the artist's treatment of the nude from his early years in the 1850s and 1860s, through his triumphs in the 1880s and 1890s, all the way to his last decades when the theme dominated his artistic production in all media. With essays by leading American and French critics, it provides a new interpretation of Degas' evolving conception of the nude, situating it in the subject's broader context among his peers in nineteenth-century France. It explores how Degas exploited all of the body's expressive possibilities, how his vision of the nude informed his notion of modernity, and how he abandoned the classical or historical form in favor of a figure seen in her own time and setting--whether engaged in overtly carnal acts or just stepping out of an ordinary bath.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 238-239).
- Exhibitions (note)
- Catalog of an exhibition held at Museum of fine Arts, Boston, Oct. 9, 2011-Feb. 5, 2012 ; and Musée d'Orsay, Paris, March 12-July 1, 2012.
- Contents
- Lucian Freud talks about Degas / Martin Gayford -- Introduction / George T. M. Shackelford & Xavier Rey -- The classical body : Degas's beginnings / Anne Roquebert -- The body in peril : Scene of war in the Middle Ages / George T. M. Shackelford -- The body exploited : Degas's brothel works / Xavier Rey -- The body observed : Degas's naturalist nudes / Xavier Rey -- The body exhibited : Degas's nudes in the 1880s / George T. M. Shackelford -- The body transformed : Degas's last nudes / George T. M. Shackelford -- Epilogue / George T. M. Shackelford.
- Call Number
- JQF 12-488
- ISBN
- 9780878467730 (hardcover)
- 0878467734 (hardcover)
- 9780878467747 (softcover)
- 0878467742 (softcover)
- LCCN
- 2011932528
- OCLC
- 727701616
- Author
- Shackelford, George T. M., 1955-
- Title
- Degas and the nude / George T.M. Shackelford, Xavier Rey ; with contributions by Lucian Freud with Martin Gayford, Anne Roquebert ; [edited by Fronia Simpson ; translations from French by Jean Coyner].
- Imprint
- Boston : Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 2011, c2011.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 238-239).
- Exhibitions
- Catalog of an exhibition held at Museum of fine Arts, Boston, Oct. 9, 2011-Feb. 5, 2012 ; and Musée d'Orsay, Paris, March 12-July 1, 2012.
- Added Author
- Rey, Xavier.Freud, Lucian.Gayford, Martin, 1952-Roquebert, Anne.Wissman, Fronia E.Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.Musée d'Orsay.
- Research Call Number
- JQF 12-488