- Edgar Degas (1834-1917), a French impressionist painter, is perhaps best known for his paintings, drawings and bronzes of _____________ and of race horses.
Your answer:
landscape
still-life
ballerinas
- Degas spent 5 years in Italy, studying Italian art, especially Renaissance works.
Your answer:
TrueFalse
- Returning to Paris in 1859, he combined __________________ styles in his paintings.
Your answer:
Renaissance and classical
classical and romantic
romantic and contemporary
- In the erly 1870s the ______________ became his favorite theme.
Your answer:
landscape
theatrical scenes and portraits
ballerinas
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- Degas sketched from a live model in his studio and combined poses into groupings to depict ballerinas on and off stage. "On and off stage" means ________________ .
Your answer:
performing or rehearsing on stage
resting or waiting for performances back stage
both of the above
- After 1880, _________ became Degas's preferred medium.
Your answer:
pastel
oil painting
water color
- As his eyesight failed after he exhibited a sculpture "Little Dancer" in 1881, Degas relied on his sense of touch to model wax sculptures of dancers and horses.
Your answer:
TrueFalse
- Degas's sculptures were cast in bronze only ________ his death.
Your answer:
before
after