Degas 2024 Desk Calendar
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Description
Degas 2024 Desk Calendar
French artist Edgar Degas was known for his stunning depictions of dancers, jockeys, and everyday people. The art of ballet became one of his favorite subjects and would encompass more than half of his works. This 6” x 8” desk calendar showcases such paintings as The Dance Class, Dancers in Blue, and The Star.
The calendar includes major international holidays, lunar phases, and zodiac signs, and features 7 languages: Italian, English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Japanese. The sturdy chipboard frame stands up easily. Comes shrink wrapped.
- 12 pages
- 6” W x 8” H
History
Ballet
In classic or contemporary ballet, dancing may tell a story, express a mood, or simply reflect the music in movement. Ballet as part of staged performances originated in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th and 16th centuries and from there spread to France. The creation of classical ballet as we know it today occurred during the reign of the art-loving French king Louis XIV in the mid-17th century. During the Romantic era, ballet technique evolved to express new ideas, most notably with women dancing en point, or on their toes, allowing them to appear weightless and otherworldly.
Among the choreographers who helped bring ballet into the modern age by exploring new visual and dramatic styles are George Balanchine, Antony Tudor and—bridging the worlds of classical dance and Broadway—Agnes de Mille and Jerome Robbins.
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