Question

What characteristic of Japanese woodblock prints did French Impressionist artist Edgar Degas use in Four Dancers?



Four Dancers, painting by Edgar Degas, showing four ballet dancers adjusting the straps of their costumes while preparing to go onstage

Question 10 options:

cropping figures off the edge of the picture


depicting the scene from a low vantage point


the use of subtle, understated lines


the use of solid, flat color to fill shapes

Answer 1

The characteristic of Japanese woodblock prints that Edgar Degas used in Four Dancers is, "cropping figures off the edge of the picture."