Degas and the Laundress - Women, Work, and Impressionism

An exploration of Edgar Degas’s laundress works and their significance within broader debates art, urban life, and women’s work in the nineteenth century

About the author

Britany Salsbury; With contributions by Aleksandra Bursac, Michelle Foa, Richard Thomson, Gretchen Schultz, Charles Sowerwine, and Claire White

Summary

An exploration of Edgar Degas’s laundress works and their significance within broader debates art, urban life, and women’s work in the nineteenth century

Product details

• Authors: Britany Salsbury
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.10.2023
• EAN: 9780300273229
• ISBN: 978-0-300-27322-9
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 236 mm x 310 mm x 26 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; ART / History / General, ART / Individual Artists / Monographs, History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900, c 1800 to c 1900, History of Art, Later 19th century c 1850 to c 1899, Individual artists, art monographs