... silk vividly contrasts with the darkness of her skin, precisely molding her long waist, her curving back and pointed breasts" - Delacroix paints the women's dresses as a mere suggestion of the luminosities of the female body; the fabric 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 ... ...

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