03 — ARTWORK
Dance
CARPEAUX, Jean-Baptiste · 1868 →
- MEDIUM
- Original plaster, height 232 cm
- TYPE
- Genre
PALETTE
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COMMENTARY
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Carpeaux shared with his assistants Armand and Bernaerts the work of carving the Dance for the Opéra from a half-sized model, now in the Musée d'Orsay.
When the façadethe front or principal face of a building, especially one elaborately constructed; a blind façade is a façade that is purely decorative and does not relate to the structure of the building. of the Opéra was unveiled in July 1869, Dance caused a scandal. In the number of its figures, their powerful nudity, and their movement, Dance did indeed form a striking contrast to the other three groups, Lyric Drama by Perreaud, Instrumental Music by Guillaume, and Harmony by Jouffroy, which were all quietly organised around the dominant figure of an inspiring geniusin classical Rome, a person's invisible tutelary god. In art from the classical period onwards, the low-ranking god was depicted as a winged, usually childish figure., flanked on either side by three other figures. <P> <TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR="#99CCCC"> <TR VALIGN=MIDDLE><TD><IMG SRC="/support/gif/listen.gif" BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE> Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 4 minutes):<BR><A HREF="#" onClick="w=window.open ('/music1/19_cent/rossini_la_danza.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350');w.opener=this;w.focus();return true"><B>Gioacchino Rossini: La Danza</B></A> </TD></TR></TABLE>
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author = {Krén, Emil and Marx, Daniel},
title = {Dance by CARPEAUX, Jean-Baptiste},
organization = {{Web Gallery of Art}},
date = {2026-09-07},
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urldate = {2026-09-07},
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}ACCESSED 2026-09-07. REPLACE THE AUTHOR FIELD WITH THE COMMENTARY AUTHOR WHERE ONE IS NAMED.
