Degas: Impressions of a Great Master

by Gerhard Gruitrooy

Book Overview

These handsomely illustrated volumes offer insight into the lives and works of those few unique individuals whose extraordinary creative genius has affected suceeding generations of artists and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1880908123
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Todtri Book Pub
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 2.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 13.3" x 9.5" x 0.8"

Customer Reviews

Degas

This is a very beautiful book with a nice variety of Degas works! The pictures are beautiful!

Color pictures galore!

Smithmark Publishers has created a great high quality book; high quality paper and great color pictures. Most of the pictures are large format; none of that custom of 20 pictures to a page! The main sections are: a 14 page introduction with a fair amount of biographical information for a picture book; a family and friends section covering his trips to New Orleans and Italy; an "outer World" section that covers his horse racing paintings,the milliner shop and women at work paintings. The last two sections are quite large; his theater and dance paintings and his bather paintings. A very nice picture of his "Little Dancer Aged Fourteen" sculpture is included. In summary, you won't be an expert on Degas life after reading this book,; but, you'll have a great appreciation of his works. Most, if not all of his more famous paintings are in the book, but few of his lesser known works.