A few days ago I was taken to the Norton Simon Museum of Arts. I was asked to pick a certain artist and do a report on his life and his works. The artist i chose is one by the name of Edgar Degas. He was born in France in 1834. He lived to be 83 years old and died in 1917. He was an artist in the time of Impressionism, his style was that of realist though.
I was asked to pick 5 of my favorite peices from him. Those included paintings and sculptures. The first piece I chose was a bronzed sculpture of a child-ballerina, it was entitled "Little 14 Year Old Dancer". I chose this peice because I like the "un-goddess-like" look of the girl. In those days woman and young girls were portraide as beautiful extravogant ladies whether they were or, as in most cases, were not. …
