Course description
…douard Manet (1821-1883) and Edgar Degas (1834-1917) met at the Louvre in 1861 near a Velazquez portrait both had come to copy. Friends, rivals, and highly conspicuous members of the artistic avant-garde in Paris, their connection lasted until Manets death in 1883 and continued to affect Degas later. Their art addressed similar subjects in Parisian life but differed sharply in their expression, and at times they diverged completely. Manets Dejeuner sur lHerbe has no equivalent in Degas, for example, and Degas world of the ballet remains his alone. Their relation to French impressionism and attitudes toward women also differed. This course assesses their respective achievements by examining these and other themes, and also look at the posthumous reputation each has acquired.
