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Edgar Degas: Capturing the Human Spirit
Many famous artists have attempted to capture the human spirit and essence of movement, but few have achieved the beautiful embodiment of it like Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas has. Dancers become immortalized and horses take on elegant qualities through Degas's deft, swift, Impressionist brush strokes. The warm neutral tones and occasional bright colors add feeling and raw emotion to his works, whether sculpture, oil paint, or pastels. Despite his
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ainting and restricted him to tiny sculptures. Degas died in his beloved birthplace, Paris, the City of Lights, at the age of eighty-three. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Sutherland, Jean, and Henri Loyrette et al. "Degas." 1988. (Online). <http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/degas/html/index1.html> 17 April 2001. Lipton, Eunice. Looking Into Degas: Uneasy Images of Women and Modern Life. Berkeley: Univeristy of California Press, 1987. Pioch, Nicholas. "Degas." 22 June 1996. (Online). <http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/degas/> 17 April 2001.
ainting and restricted him to tiny sculptures. Degas died in his beloved birthplace, Paris, the City of Lights, at the age of eighty-three. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Sutherland, Jean, and Henri Loyrette et al. "Degas." 1988. (Online). <http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/degas/html/index1.html> 17 April 2001. Lipton, Eunice. Looking Into Degas: Uneasy Images of Women and Modern Life. Berkeley: Univeristy of California Press, 1987. Pioch, Nicholas. "Degas." 22 June 1996. (Online). <http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/degas/> 17 April 2001.