the blue dancers edgar degas

the blue dancers edgar degasThis work by Edgar Degas reveals a moment that is supposed to be hidden from the audience before the curtain rises. In a colorful and luminous setting, the artist lingers on the daily gestures of these dancers, who are preparing to go on stage: the adjustment of the bodice, the final touch to the hairstyle, the warm up gestures A moment full of reality is thus immortalized by a canvas full of life and movement. In his series of dancers we also find

The artist uses swirling

the olive tree was something sacred

geometric shapes are overlaid and then fitted into each other

entitled "Moi-même" ("Myself")

carefully lit by the window

The "Oath of the Horatii" is a work commissioned by Louis XVI

harmoniously merging nature and human creations

although abstract

The composition emphasises the architectural elements and geometric forms of the buildings

Thomas Hospital located on the opposite bank of the river

In this gigantic mural

rich in their yellow colour and strong in their unfurled petals