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EDGAR DEGAS

Scope|Overview Sources|Circulating Books|Periodicals, Journals, & Trade Publications|Web Sites 

Scope: Degas was a French artist known for his portraits of Parisian life. His medium was primarily pastels and his subjects were cafes, cabarets, milliners, and theaters.

There are sources located in the Reference Section of the Baddour library that give a general overview or summary of the topic you are researching. The following is a list of some of the sources available in the library.

OVERVIEW SOURCES 

REF N 31.D5 1996 The Dictionary of Art

REF N 5300.I 45 1984 The Illustrated Dictionary of Art & Artists 

Some representative books from the circulating collection located upstairs in the library:

CIRCULATING BOOKS 

Degas, Edgar. Degas by Himself: Drawings, Prints, Paintings, Writings. Boston:
Little, Brown, 1987.

Kendall, Richard. Degas Landscapes. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1993.

Lipton, Eunice. Looking into Degas: Uneasy Images of Women and Modern Life
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986.

Meier-Graefe, Julius. Degas. New York: Dover Publications, 1988.

PERIODICALS, JOURNALS, & TRADE PUBLICATIONS

Open Access Journals in Arts & Architecture

Open Access Journals in History of Arts

Open Access Journals in Visual Arts

WEB SITES

http://www.the-artists.org

 

Updated 08/24/2007