THE COMPOSER BALAKIREV. DRAWING. (THE TRETIAKOFF MUSEUM, MOSCOW)
Longhi and of Guardi, this vogue for beauty and for the fan called forth by his exhilarating “Women of Good Humour” in which, with the greatest unconcern, Bakst exchanges the toe=slippers of the pasha with the red shoe=heels of Giacomo Casanova?
PORTRAIT OF THE MARCHESA CASATI TOUCHED UP DRAWING
And lastly, was not his intervention decisive in bringing about a transformation of feminine costumes?
These sketches of gowns constitute an epoch in the history of fashion, and they afford an access to painters into this domain from which they have been excluded ever since the days of Gavarni. For
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