Degas bezog seine wichtigsten Motive aus dem lebendigen Paris der Epoche und lernte die kuuml;nftigen Impressionisten wahrscheinlich erst im Cafeacute; Guerbois kennen. Im Jahr 1852 erhielt er ein Juradiplom; und 1853 begann er eine Malerausbildung bei Louis-Ernest Barrias. Ab 1854 reiste Degas regelmauml;szlig;ig nach Italien; zunauml;chst nach Neapel; dann nach Rom und Florenz; wo er sich intensiv dem Studium der Alten Meister widmete. In den sechziger und siebziger Jahren wurde er zum Maler von Jockeys; Pferden und Pferderennen. Sein fabelhaftes Malergedauml;chtnis merkte sich die Besonderheiten ihrer Bewegungen; wo immer er sie beobachten konnte. Das Pferd wurde fuuml;r ihn zur Inkarnation der Geschwindigkeit. Um die Mitte der 1860-Jahre machte Degas eine neue Entdeckung: Ballett und Oper. Diese Institutionen entwickelten sich fuuml;r ihn nun zum beherrschenden Thema. Er zeigt das erste; ganz dem Tanz gewidmete Bild: Ballettsaal der Oper in der Rue Le Peletier. Die Komposition ist sorgfauml;ltig ausgewogen; die Personengruppen links und rechts ergauml;nzen einander; aber jede einzelne Tauml;nzerin ist ganz in ihre eigenen Uuml;bungen versunken; jede bewegt sich unabhauml;ngig von allen anderen. In diesen Institutionen fand er die zweite Domauml;ne seines kuuml;nstlerischen Schaffens; die ihn bis an sein Lebensende faszinieren sollte.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. A great resource!!By Jay WrightI started a songwriters club just over a year ago. Weve all spent time acquiring good resources to read and share. We look for reference material that will not only help us with our individual work but will help us offer constructive ideas to each other on lyrics; construction; content; melody; theme; etc. This is one of the better books Ive found on lyric writing. It gives a lot of approaches for stimulating songs along with examples of popular songs that used each approach. I find it is now a book I can pick up anytime; open to any page and within moments have a fresh idea. There seems to be a good balance of instructive narrative and helpful examples. What I like most is that it deals head on with my two biggest issues: inspiration and structure. It was definitely money well spent and truly delivers on the authors promise (a statement Im unwilling to make about similar books). It is a keeper for my reference library. I fully intend to purchase other works by this author.34 of 35 people found the following review helpful. This book is almost funny; with how much lyrical content it holds.By ChrisRikky Rooksby has made some really great songwriting books. His best being "How To Write Songs On Guitar."I flipped through this book at a local store and I was laughing to myself; at how much detail Rooksby goes into; as far as lyrical subjects are concerned.He doesnt really go into full detail about how to write great lines; or how to write a life-altering song lyrically (that comes with a lot of practice and being an intelligent; perceptive person I think); but he does include a lot of cliches you should avoid at all costs... cliche phrases and word couplings; etc. Surely youve heard them on your local soft rock radio station or top 40 station.The main strength of this book; I think; is that he gives you a TON of popular song examples that are about a specific thing.And by specific things I mean:Politics; Love; War; Loneliness; Anger; Frustration; Partying/Having Fun; History; stories/third person storytelling; Science Fiction; Science; Religion; Sex; Driving; Nature; and... Colors?Yes; he even has a "Colors" section... each color (Blue; Red; Green; Yellow) etc; he lists about 10-15 songs with that color in the title; or songs that revolve around a color and what it has to do with the songs subject... and how the songwriters made it work. For example; with Blue you might have New Orders "Blue Monday"; Joni Mitchells "Blue"; Elton Johns "Blue Eyes"... etc (I dont know if those songs specifically are in the book; as I read through it a few nights ago); but thats how he mentions them). And then of course; with Yellow youd have Coldplays amazing song "Yellow"; and then the Beatles "Yellow Submarine"; etc. Red would have "Little Red Corvette" by Prince; "I See Red" by Split Enz; etc.This is the part of the book that made me laugh to myself and of course; had the biggest impact on me because I just wrote 100 words about it basically... haha.The rest of the book is really; really informative. Its probably the best book Ive found on lyric writing; and I own like eight of them!To summarize; Rooksbys done a ton of research about lyric writing/subject matter in pop music. You cant complain about having writers block; just thumbing through this book for five minutes. For $25; you can get this highly descriptive book; and a nice rhyming dictionary (I recommend The Complete Rhyming Dictionary by Clement Wood); and youll never have writers block again (at least; lyrically... musical writers block; well; thats harder to overcome... at least for me).:)2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Great ResourceBy LurkeI can tell you from experience writing lyrics this has helped me big time to take my writing in a new direction. Also pick up his book "how to write songs on Keyboard" gives you great hints to get better with writing music on keyboard.