Frederick-Augustus had long been a collector of Japanese and Chinese porcelain

This book examines the painting in relation to the artist's life and work

Thomas Kren

which cover the period from the eighth century BCE to the early Middle Ages

Edgar Degas: Waiting In Focus Frederick-Augustus had long been aRichard Thomson Degas's pastel Waiting (L'Attente) is an extraordinary object in its craftsmanship and color, as well as in the emotional pull it immediately exerts upon the viewer. But in addition to those qualities that we expect from a great work of art, Waiting also has an aura of ambiguity and even mystery. It is both its aesthetic qualities and the deeper questions the work arouses that are the subjects of this study. The book features a