The Lost Sketchbook Of Edgar Degas

Download or read book The Lost Sketchbook of Edgar Degas written by Harriet Scott Chessman and published by . This book was released on 2017-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lyrical novel about what art can reveal, and a nuanced imagining of the people who influenced Edgar Degas and his work. With key roles for beloved Degas paintings.

Download or read book Degas' Drawings written by H. G. E. Degas and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-07-16 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carefully reproduced from a rare 1923 limited edition, most of these magnificent drawings are unavailable elsewhere in published form. Dancers, nudes, portraits, travel scenes, and more. 100 drawings, including 8 in full color.

Download or read book Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper written by Harriet Scott Chessman and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Someone Not Really Her Mother written by Harriet Scott Chessman and published by Center Point. This book was released on 2005 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Hannah Pearl's memories of her 1940 escape to England from war-torn France all but erase her more recent American life, each of her daughters struggles with facing the mystery of Hannah's unspoken memories of grief. Hannah’s daughter Miranda attempts to bring her mother into the present, yet finds herself pulled deeper into a past that Hannah kept secret. In the meantime, Miranda’s daughters, Fiona and Ida, confront the shadows of their grandmother’s heartbreaking history in their own manner. As the revelation of Hannah’s memories uncover a woman they can only imagine, each woman must ask how well anyone can know the inner life of another person – even someone one cherishes.

Download or read book The Ekphrastic Writer written by Janée J. Baugher and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2020-06-19 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A common definition of ekphrasis is descriptive writing influenced by the visual arts. Beyond the written word, however, responding to art can engender self-reflection, creativity, and help writers to build characters, plot, and setting. This book unites the history and tradition of ekphrasis, its conventions, the writing process, and multi-genre writing prompts. In addition to subjects such as early art engagement, psychology, and the eye-brain-perception relationship, this book discusses artists' creative processes, tools, and techniques, and offers instruction on how to read art by way of deep-looking.

Download or read book The Hammock: A Novel Based on the True Story of French Painter James Tissot written by Lucy Paquette and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-03 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE HAMMOCK: A novel based on the true story of French painter James Tissot portrays ten remarkable years in the life of James Tissot (1836-1902), who rebuilt - and then lost - his reputation in London. THE HAMMOCK is a psychological portrait, exploring the forces that unwound the career of this complex man. Based on contemporary sources, the novel brings Tissot's world alive in a story of war, art, Society glamour, love, scandal, and tragedy.

Download or read book A Degas Sketchbook written by Carol M. Armstrong and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2000 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduces all of the significant pages from Degas's 1877 sketchbook, placing Degas both within the context of the cultivated salon of the Halévy family and the larger world of late 19th-century Paris.