1874, Oil on canvas
Degas is often praised with the term Impressionist, as most of them he was focused on capturing the moment, nevertheless, he had a little interest in capturing the play of light or the impression from a landscape, he was fascinated with the movement and seized every moment of delicate dance by ballerinas. Line: The line of the painting is diagonal, composed of figures inhabiting the painting, it is going from the left bottom corner to the right upper dividing the painting into two color palettes. Diagonal line also conveys a feeling of movement. Shape: All the figures in the ...
