1. Edgar Degas Art Smart - 3rd Grade Figures in Motion

2. Degas’s Life Hilaire-Germaine-Edgar Degas (DAY-GAH) was born in 1834, in Paris, France and lived until 1917 He studied art at the famous art school - École des Beaux- Arts, and often visited the Louvre museum to study and copy the art of the old masters

3. Degas’s Style Degas shared the Impressionists’ interest in the effects of light and movement, as well as in subjects drawn from daily life He is most famous for his subjects of ballet dancers, horses, and women bathing He mastered a variety of media, including oil, pastel, printmaking, sculpture, and photography

4.  The idea, or impression, of a subject  Captured like a photograph  Not always realistic  May not be centered Impressionism

5. The Dance Class 1874 One of Degas's most famous paintings 24 women (ballerinas and their mothers) wait while a dancer executes an "attitude" for her test Jules Perrot, one of the best known ballet teachers in Europe, conducts the class The painting was finished after two years of work

9. Ballet School 1873

10. Art Project  Small paper – Using pencil, draw your neighbor  Capture the impression of the body in motion  Etching paper – Using scratching tool, copy your drawing from paper  Remember:  The figure should take up most of the paper  The figure should be in motion (stretching, leaning, etc.)