I feel like a lot of people take ‘talking’ for granted a lot of the time. Saying pointless things just because they have been gifted with a mouth, tongue and teeth.
Detail : Perseus with the Head of Medusa. 19th.century. engraving after Antonio Canova. Italian 1757-1822. Domenico Marchetti. Italian 1790-1844. http://hadrian6.tumblr.com
just stumbled across Francisco Soria Aedo’s work and first off: really good painter, super talented. He mainly did portraits and neoclassical but I really like are his expressions, which do show up in his neoclassical work. lots of people smiling and having fun and it’s just very cute
this is one of my favorites
heres a couple more examples!
…i dont thing I’ve ever seen this style with people smiling…
