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Dressing Character
I ONCE SPENT THREE MONTHS researching the work of Francisco de
Goya at the Prado Museum, Madrid. I made a drawing book full of
studies seeking to understand how he composed drama and pathos
in his narratives (see also pp.126-27, 172-73, and 252-53). These
characters, selected from different pages of my original book, look at
how Goya delineated volumes of thick fabric to express the
posture, shape, identity, and motivation of an individual.
