Edgar Degas (b. 1834). The Tub, c. 1885-1886. ... like woven fabric. Degas’s chosen vantage point places us in an unusual position, both close to and a little above the model.

Take Edgar Degas, whose work is now the subject of a sprawling, stupendous show, “Degas at the Opéra,” at the Musée d’Orsay. (It will travel in modified form to the National Gallery of Art ...