Alexander Calder is perhaps best known for his large, colorful sculpture, which incorporates elements of humor and chance into uniquely engineered structures. Calder was born outside of Philadelphia to a successful, artistic family.
whimsical and lyrical sense of design to media as diverse as metal jewelry and theater
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Guy Pène du Bois painted Pierrot Tired while living in France in the 1920s. Although the artist’s strained finances forced him to live some 30 miles outside Paris, his fascination with that city’s café society and expatriate culture led him to paint many views of well-to-do restaurant and nightclub patrons.
the commedia dell’arte (and possibly more broadly with the artificial worlds of theater
The painting shows us the ambiguity and loneliness of life on the outskirts of society.Â
acrobats, and stock characters from the commedia dell’arte, a popular form of theater
The eldest son of a Parisian banker, Edgar Degas reinforced his formal academic art training by copying Old Master paintings both in Italy, where he spent three years (1856–1859), and at the Louvre. Degas early on developed a rigorous drawing style and a respect for line that he would maintain throughout his career.
of horse racing and by the end of the 1860s had also turned his attention to the theater
The eldest son of a Parisian banker, Edgar Degas reinforced his formal academic art training by copying Old Master paintings both in Italy, where he spent three years (1856–1859), and at the Louvre. Degas early on developed a rigorous drawing style and a respect for line that he would maintain throughout his career.
of horse racing and by the end of the 1860s had also turned his attention to the theater
Jan Steen was born in Leiden, where his father was a brewer and grain merchant. The date of his birth is not known, but the artist was twenty years old when he enrolled at the University of Leiden in 1646.
which are marked by a sophisticated use of contemporary literature and popular theater
Out Recenter Visual Description We look down onto a pile with a newspaper, theater
The essays consider theater, the arts, dance, music, and fashion from Watteau’s
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The essays consider theater, the arts, dance, music, and fashion from Watteau’s
