Description: Among the most popular 19th-century artists, Edgar Degas (1834-1917) was fascinated by movement, a fact well demonstrated in his superb studies and portraits of ballet dancers, which rank among the best known and most instantly recognizable images in art history. With his trained eye, the artist captured not only the dancers' grace and power, but also subtleties and nuances of pose and movement, making his pictures as true in fact as they are in spirit. This original compilation includes 44 full-page black-and-white Degas drawings of dancers; some are finished sketches, many are studies for future works. Singly, in pairs, and in groups, the dancers appear on stage, in the classroom, and at rehearsals -- pirouetting, executing grand battlements and ports de bras, practicing at the barre, and adjusting their costumes in moments of repose. Both art enthusiasts and balletomanes prize Degas' pictures of dancers, delighting in their sublime beauty and mastery of expression and technique. Now any lover of art or the dance can savor these delightful drawings, beautifully reproduced in this inexpensive edition.

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