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Book SynopsisFrom his debut in the 1860s up to his final works after 1900, the Paris Opera formed a focal point of Edgar Degas''s paintings. He explored the theater''s various spaces?auditorium and stage, private boxes, foyers, and dance studios?and painted those who frequented them: dancers, singers, orchestral musicians, audience members, and subscribers watching from the wings. This theater presented a microcosm of infinite possibilities, allowing him to experiment with multiple points of view, contrasting lighting, motion, and the precision of movement.Degas at the Opera
Trade Review'Sumptuously illustrated, the book uses Degas’ paintings, drawings, sculptures, prints and fan designs, all superbly reproduced, as well as extensive to contemporary photographs, to record the artist’s fascination with the spectacles … presented in the late 19th century at the Paris Opera' - Dancing Times
'Stunning' - Daily Mail
'There’s only one word for this: joyous' - The Artist
'Insightful' - Art Society Magazine
'The tour de force of this book is to give a palpable sense of Degas’s long, steady gaze at the ballet and radical stylisation of reality that ensued, to strip his work of its familiarity and make it strange again' - World of Interiors
