Through the elements and principles of design, Edgar Degas’ painting, entitled, The Green Dancer, will be analyzed, interpreted and judged. This painting was created with pastel in 1879. The painting is 36 centimeters wide by 66 centimeters tall. It resides in the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid, Spain. The Green Dancer was created during the 19th-century art movement called Impressionism. Nine Dancers are dressed in costume performing and preparing to perform a ballet dance. The artwork created by Degas features three dancers wearing teal leotards and large teal tutus with coral, green, and white specs on the tips of the tutu. The dancers are crossing the floor in a back attitude with their left leg and their right leg is supporting.
