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Cabaret Culture/Gaslight Impre
Degas, Toulouse- Lautrec
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Art History
Undergraduate 1
03/23/2008

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Degas
Definition
  • not interested in outdoor light
  • psychology and mood used to amplify pictures (unlike Monet)

 

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[image]
Definition
  • Degas Portrait of Bellelli Family
  • 1858
  • very psychological
  • father is cut off (perhaps a comment on modern life)
  • focus on line; also a great subtle colorist
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[image]
Definition
  • Degas The Rehearsal
  • 1877
  • daring off-center placement
  • dynamic, unpredictable
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[image]
Definition
  • Degas Ballet Rehearsal
  • 1874
  • genius at cropping; made you feel like you stumbled upon the scene accidently
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[image]
Definition
  • Toulouse-Lautrec At the Moulin Rouge
  • 1892
  • "gaslight impressionism" (action, spontaneity)
  • exciting to depict a forbidden world
  • theatrical
  • pungent silhouettes and curves
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[image]

Definition
  • Toulouse-Lautrec In the Salon at the Rude de Moulins
  • 1894
  • brothel was archetype for modern life
  • prostitutes depicted as real people
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