Women

The museum

Women

Curators

Angelini Giulia, Polidori Sophia, Demetri Vittoria

Description of the museum

Are arranged in three groups according to their styles:

1.Impressionism

2. Macchiaioli

3. Expressionism

IMPRESSIONISM

The first group is divided in further three groups:

- Dance : → “Dancer sitting" → “The star or the Dancer on stage”

- Pubblic life: → “Caffee, says Absinthe”

- Private life: → “Woman with hairdress”

All the pictures are painted by: Edagar Degas.

MACCHIAIOLI

The “Macchiaioli” were born around the middle of 1800 in Florence. The name “Macchiaioli” comes from their pictorial language characterized by stains of colour.

EXPRESSIONISM

Expressionism is a language that tells us the dramatic interior expression of the world. This art is marked by the deformation of the figures with very strong color contrast.

The main themes are:

Nature

Scenes of everyday life

Activities of workers

Lives of soldiers

Munch Edgar

Model gipsy

1896

The woman

Oil painting

“Model gipsy” is a painting by Edgar Degas, painted in 1896. In the foreground we can see a naked woman is putting on a white robe. The woman is in a room and in the background there is a red wall. The colors are hot and vivid and the picture inspires the viewer to think about the summer.