Art History

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Anand Chethan

19 June 2009

Art History

Edgar Degas was one of the pioneers of impressionism during the nineteenth century . Many a times he wanted to be known as a painter of realism as his themes pertained to real life events . He was a painter as well as a sculptor . His favorite subjects were ballet dancers , women at their toilette , cafe life , and race-track scenes (See Works Cited . He was good at depicting people in motion and picked lively subjects of his time . He viewed scenes from unconventional

angles and depicted them in paintings skillfully . The highly refined contours that are commonly found in his paintings are worth mentioning . His angles of observation were different and contributed to asymmetric patterns in paintings . He also dabbled in nude paintings

Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas liked to cut off figures in his compositions to give the impression of spontaneous observation in his paintings (Mancoff . The painting "A Woman Seated Beside A Vase of Flowers " is a hallmark of Degas 's art . He painted it in 1865 . The asters and dahlias in the vase are painted using different colors . This is in contrast to the lackluster color of the woman 's dress . The flowers are more prominent than the woman in the painting . The woman can be seen sitting next to the vase . The left hand of the woman is visible partly looking as though it was cropped at the sides . The painting resembles a photograph of the modern era and symbolizes the draftsmanship...