Edgar Degas (1834–1917)

This book holds a special place in my collection. I bought it during my senior trip to Washington, DC, when our tour bus stopped at the National Gallery -- to eat lunch in a basement cafeteria. We were on a strict time-table, and the line was outrageously long. I took a quick five minutes to rifle through a table of art books and found this tiny little volume -- just a short few pages of text, but more than 50 color plates. It was in my price range, small enough to carry around, and most show more importantly, contained a reproduction of the Degas print on my dance teacher's wall, the one that caused me to fall in love with the artist and get interested in art at all. (Apparently, the original is in the Jeu de Pomme in Paris.) And then, not knowing when we'd eat again, I got in line for an unmemorable, expensive lunch. How foolish. We always eat again, and I could have had enough time to pop in to a few rooms of the Galleries, see some of the world's great treasures. Indeed, I have eaten countless lunches, grown fat and tired, but I have never had the opportunity to return to the National Gallery. A sweet little reminder of dreams and opportunities squandered. -cg show less

Can't fault the art, it's a great way to introduce kids to Degas.

And the text... well, I can take it or leave it. It sounds trite to my ears, though, so I prefer to leave it. The author's got a tin ear when it comes to rhythm, nothing seems to scan right.

The really bad part about these books is that they're cheaply made. I've had them fall apart on me while other books that we've had longer and that we read more often are in great shape.

You can't have a poor-quality board book, it just show more doesn't work. I can't in good conscience recommend these books until that little problem is fixed. show less

Nice introduction to Degas. Full of beautiful prints.

The paintings and drawings of French impressionist painter, sculptor, printmaker and sketcher Hilaire-Germain Edgar De Gas [Degas] (19 July 1834 – 27 September 1917). Volume 2 (of 2). This is the digital edition of Book LXVI in The Zedign Art Series of monographs of the masters, published by The Zedign House. A dedicated webpage of Degas's book and artworks is maintained at https://books.zedign.com/zas/66.html