“Make portraits of people in typical, familiar poses, being sure above all to give their faces the same kind of expression as their bodies.” PeopleGivingKindBodyFacesExpressionFamiliarTypicalPortraitsPortraiture Book:Degas by Degas Source: Degas by Degas
“Paint records the most delicate gesture and the most tense. It tells whether the painter sat or stood or crouched in front of the canvas. Paint is a cast made of the painter's movements, a portrait of the painter's body and thoughts.” MadeBodyRecordsFrontsMovementPaintingPaintCastsPainterSatDelicateGesturesCanvasPortraitsTense Book:What Painting Is Source: What Painting Is
“When I make a portrait,I cannot limit it tothe lines of the head, for that head belongs toa body, it exists ina setting which influences it, it is part of a totality that I cannot suppress. The impression you produce upon me is not thesame if I catchsight of youalone ina gardenor if Isee you in the midst of a group of other people, in a living room or on the street.” PeopleIfsBodyLinesRoomsGroupsInfluenceStreetsProduceLimitsImpressionSettingSettingsMidstPortraitsLiving RoomTotality Author:Medardo Rosso