1. Coincidentia Oppositorum: The Layering of Contrasts in Paint
... important relation of flesh and fabric, or body and accessories, in each of these works. Both Baudelaire and Delacroix describe visually the details of the women's clothing, the intricacies of texture, weight, and color, but the emphasis in "Beautiful Dorothea" is on the subject's body, her "slender torso," "ample ... is at times partially transparent and is a flickering surface which serves as the vehicle through which flesh is imagined and materialized. Each artist uses clothing as a means of revealing and withholding the female body, both with the aim of disclosing discreetly the wome...
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