Art Treasures of Nebraska - Edgar Degas

"Little Dancer, Fourteen Years Old (1920-1921)". Degas was enamored with the world of ballet, recording all aspects of backstage activities. In selecting novice Marie van Goethem as his model, Degas violated accepted artistic practices of portraying prima ballerinas in performance settings. The candid pose of a common (ordinary) dancer, adorned with a real hair ribbon and fabric tutu created public outrage - some calling her an ape-like affront to society. But Degas was clearly pioneering modern sculpture with his progressive creation. It's an art treasure of Nebraska at Joslyn Art Museum.

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[nebulouscargo]

Why is the embed feature disabled? If this is going to be available freely on the web via Youtube, the why not allow it it to be distributed via the embed feature?

[NETnebraska]

@nebulouscargo Thanks for pointing this out.  Embedding should have been available and has been fixed.

[nebulouscargo]

Thanks, that's fantastic. Beautiful gem of a clip, thanks for making it available on the internet, and thanks to .. ahem, Edgar Degas for creating it in the first place :)

[madykiller1988]

esta hermosa tan solitaria y triste me encanta esta niñita es tan dulce

[jeannevdb]

bedankt joshje777 I had that image as a poster on the wall when I was a child..

[joshje777]

Beautiful scupture!!!

[Farweasel]

'Degas was enamoured with ballet, recording all aspects of backstage activity'....Priceless!

Degas was an innovative and talented artist.

He was also one sordid minded s.o.b. who painted pictures of model crapping and shagged as many as possible before going tolly wiggy due to syphilis! 

I respect him for both aptitudes ;-)

But don't sanctify him, its puerile.