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Ballet at the Paris Opéra
Edgar Degas, 1877, Art Institute of Chicago. Backstage at the Opera, where Degas spent half his life drawing dancers at work.
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Art Nouveau
Paris and Vienna dissolved the line between fine and applied art. Posters, glass and gold: art moved into shop windows, doorways and drawing rooms.
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