Degas' Little dancer, aged fourteen : the earlier version that helped spark the birth of modern art /
"Beginning with the hitherto unknown plaster version of Edgar Degas' Little Dancer, Aged Fourteen, Dr Gregory Hedberg undertakes a comprehensive re-evaluation of the significance and influence of this work of modern art. A recently discovered plaster of 'Little Dancer, Aged Fourteen&#...
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Stuttgart :
Arnoldsche Art Publishers,
[2016]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- The two versions of Degas' Little Dancer, Aged Fourteen: a detailed analysis
- The Little Dancer plaster: recording an iconic moment in a contrapposto age : the iconic versus the contrapposto
- Paris in the 1880s: a sudden flourish of four-sided poses
- Degas and modern art
- Visual timeline: the four castings of the Little Dancer, Aged Fourteen
- Chronologies I and II: creation, re-workings, and castings of the Little Dancer, Aged Fourteen and the Nude Little Dancer.
- Appendix A: all reviews from 1881 that refer to Degas' Little Dancer, Aged Fourteen
- Appendix B: Degas' preliminary drawings for the Little Dancer, Aged Fourteen
- Appendix C: Measurement and visual comparison
- Appendix D: documentation
- Appendix E: questions and answers.
