The 193 Artworks of media Pigment and containing the word edgar degas, pigment, 1900

Degas exhibited only one sculpture during his lifetime, the wax _Little Dancer Aged Fourteen_, at the Sixth Impressionist exhibition in 1881 (that statuette is now in the National Gallery of Art). Many critics reacted with shock to its subject, which they found harshly realistic and even ugly, and t...

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This decorative hanging scroll shows a courtesan, who pauses to glance seductively over her left shoulder, proudly displaying her magnificent white kimono and outer cloak, which are designed in a variety of delicate geometric patterns. The snowflake pattern of the kimono is produced by a tie-dying t...

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In May 1961, Insho/

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This work was inspired by Travelers seen by Insho during his stay in Paris. A fortune-teller/

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A naked man and woman, with marks of nails on their hands and feet, form a cross. In the background are numerous simple crosses overlapping like grave markers. It is possible to read in this painting Adam and Eve and the Christian notion of the original sin or a symbolic presentation of human fate, ...

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A young woman is standing by a grape tree heavy with fruits. She is holding in her right hand a freshly-picked bunch of grapes and is supporting the plant with her left arm. The traditional motif of /

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Princess Konohanasakuya is a goddess mentioned in the Kojiki, the oldest existing chronicle in Japan dating from the early 8th century. She is said to have been as beautiful as konohana (a flower). Her father was Ooyamatumi-no-kami, the god of mountains. She married Ninigi-no-mikoto, Amaterasu-oomi-...

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Vimalakirti is the name of a lay Buddhist who appears in a Mahayana Buddhist scripture. This highly knowledgeable and wealthy man is believed to have actually existed in India. One day, he is said to have engaged in a debate with Manjushri, the bodhisattva of wisdom, over the concept of the ultimate...

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This work expresses Japanese society at that time in which the pre-war view of life (represented by the mother on the right) and the post-war view of life (represented by the daughter on the right) confronted each other. Insho once said of this painting that the models were members of an acquaintanc...

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