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Degas
likened the dancers’ training to his work as an artist. Just as he sketched
the dancers’ every gesture and position to make his paintings as authentic
as possible, the dancers performed countless repetitions to perfect their
movements. Degas sketched as he wandered the Opera House, filling his notebooks with drawings of dancers and then returning to his studio to compose and paint. Compare one of his sketches to a figure in The Dance Lesson by clicking the highlighted detail. |
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