• not interested in outdoor light
• psychology and mood used to amplify pictures (unlike Monet)

• Degas Portrait of Bellelli Family
• 1858
• very psychological
• father is cut off (perhaps a comment on modern life)
• focus on line; also a great subtle colorist

• Degas The Rehearsal
• 1877
• daring off-center placement
• dynamic, unpredictable

• Degas Ballet Rehearsal
• 1874
• genius at cropping; made you feel like you stumbled upon the scene accidently

• Toulouse-Lautrec At the Moulin Rouge
• 1892
• "gaslight impressionism" (action, spontaneity)
• exciting to depict a forbidden world
• theatrical
• pungent silhouettes and curves

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• Toulouse-Lautrec In the Salon at the Rude de Moulins
• 1894
• brothel was archetype for modern life
• prostitutes depicted as real people