Dance in Art

La Classe de danse, Degas, detail n. 1

Edgar Degas

Medium:

Oil Painting

Dance:

Ballet

Era:

Late 1800s (Victorian Ballroom)

Source:

Wikimedia Commons

Rights:

Public Domain

La Classe de danse, Degas, detail n. 1, by Edgar Degas, is a public-domain oil painting in the LODance gallery of dance in art, depicting ballet. It's one of thousands of historic images tracing how dancing has been seen and celebrated across the centuries.