In the foreground like the other dancers the two here wear the Smokey tutus. The male figure in the back right corner is wearing a vibrant red shirt which catches one’s attention. All of the dancers in the background have brunette hair except to the dancer closest to the center of the composition who has orange hair. The dancers in the background adorn white almost smoke like tutus complimented with yellow, pink, red and blue bows. The floor, staircase and most of the walls are made up of different variants of brown with lighter tints where there is light and darker shades in the shadows. Energy builds on the stairs, thrusts foamed through the ballerinas’ twirling dance and swinging around to the bottom Of the piece where the focus slows before beginning again at the base of the staircase.ĭegas’ pallet for the Ballet Rehearsal includes reds, blues, and yellows but relies heavily on browns, tans, gold, and white for the majority of forms in the composition. Movement is at the soul off this piece, the Whole composition seems to curve and twirl. The extended arms seem to curve and wing downward while the dancer’s legs swing up, this causes their forms to appear to spiral and twirl just like the staircase. Y having the dancers in the background extend one arm towards the right and one leg to the left Degas implies line in the forms of their bodies. The vertical and downward spirals of the staircase bring focus once again to the base of the stairs, Degas successfully utilizes line to connect all of the separate elements contained in the painting, In addition to its unifying quality in the work line also is used to portray the energy in the dancers’ movements. Strong lines tossed at the base of the back wall and between the tan and red portions of the same wall once again pulls the attention t the piece this time to the top to the spiral staircase. These lines that draw us further into the scene produce a wonderful sense to depth. Degas uses the floorboards of the studio to create a path for the viewer’s focus to follow, Thin lines in the floor invite the gaze from the bottom of the spiral staircase through the two groups of dancers to the top right corner of the painting. One element of Degas’ painting ties all of the other elements of the work into a complete image is line. Brochure 201 1) The elements Of the composition are split into three sections, an energetic clustered section filled with movement, a void of activity in the middle and a serene detailed section meant to be contrasted to the first section. This is no surprise Degas spent hours and hours backstage making preparatory sketches that preceded the artist working with oils on canvas. Degas rigorously structures his painting with strong diagonals and symmetries, the chaos of the scene dissolves into a clear and understandable composition which achieves a satisfying harmony. #Edgar degas the rehearsal of the ballet onstage windows#Large windows on the far wall allow light to break through and spill onto the wooden floor and a figure, perhaps a teacher, waits and watches from the back right corner of the field of view.Ī dominant spiral staircase tucked in the extreme left of the foreground partially obscures the row of dancers behind it To the right a group of resting dancers sit quiet in heir placid corner of the work. The dancers, “go through back breaking work-outs at the bar or squat, breathless with fatigue, their features sagging, muscles bulging as their bodies graciously, with legs sprawling wide apart, totally devoid to erotic or any other charm,” (Honor et al, 2005). Ballet Rehearsal’s composition successfully blends line, color, light, shadow, and space in order to build an impressive example of visual art.Īrranged in the background of the composition are a group of dancers performing arabesques. The impressionistic style successfully captures a moment in time, saturated with chaotic elements caught UN-posed and half seen, as they are in real life. Line and space pulls the audience’s attention across the entirety of the composition. The configuration of the art work ponders a contrast be,even aground and foreground utilizing dualities such as light and dark, energy and serenity, and clarity to obscurity.
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