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Dhairya Sheth's avatar

What a great read to start the day!

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samoan62's avatar

I always enjoy examinations of art. Thanks for the great article!

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Pierre's avatar

Great article.

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Timothy Williams's avatar

Such a great read. Thank you for this!

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JJHW's avatar

I see you corrected your lapsus linguae, enemy to energy.

"Although it may seem like a lot of trouble to spend hours and weeks on a single painting and then scrape it all away to Sargent it was not a waste because he would begin again with the knowledge of how to paint it properly the next time."

There is a software engineering maxim coined by Fred Brooks, build one to throw away, and for the exact same reason.

Is there a reason you didn't include an image of Il solitario? I notice that some of his work adheres to the Golden Ratio layout and some appears not to, such as the Wyndham Sisters, care to hazard a guess on why that might be?

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