Degas, "The Little 14-Year-Old Dancer".

I'm critiquing "The Little 14-Year-Old Dancer" by Degas for imitationalism. The girl in this piece looks very realistic, but the fact that she's made of wax and she's gold makes her look fake. Her dress looks much more real than her body. There's proper shadowing that proves that this piece is a sculpture, which makes this even more less realistic.

Now I'm critiquing this sculpture for emotionalism. This work or art delivers a lot of emotion. When I look at the girl in this sculpture I feel proud. The expression on her face and the way she's standing with her arms behind her shows that she's not afraid. It feels like she's dedicated and ready for her next dance class. She comes across as disciplined and hardworking.

I still really don't understand what formalism is, but I went around to other people's pages and read about what they had to say. There's not a very wide variety of colours on this sculpture. I can't talk about negative and positive space because this is not a painting or drawing. The texture of her dress is flowing and somewhat shows some movement. Overall, there's not alot of movement shown in this sculpture though, because she's standing straight and still. I find 'Formalism' the hardest because I don't really understand what it is, and when I look on other people's pages they're critiquing paintings and drawings.