Mitch Greer

“Such artistic forays into the countryside had been made easier by the invention, in 1824, of metal tubes for oil paints, which replaced the messy and awkward pig bladders in which artists of previous generations had kept their paints; and by the introduction of collapsible three-legged stools and portable easels, both of which could be carried into the countryside by the artist.18”
― Ross King, The Judgment of Paris: The Revolutionary Decade that Gave the World Impressionism

“Manet nonetheless seems to have been captivated by her appearance, or at least by the visual possibilities of dressing her in exotic costumes and placing her in beguiling poses.”
― Ross King, The Judgment of Paris: The Revolutionary Decade that Gave the World Impressionism

“Many of these omnibuses were driven, oddly enough, by male models who had retired from the business, which meant that Parisians of Manet's day were transported around the city by men who had once posed as valiant biblical heroes or the vindictive deities of classical mythology.”
― Ross King, The Judgment of Paris: The Revolutionary Decade that Gave the World Impressionism

“design critic performs in imagined dialogue with former critics, peers, and the designers whose work she discusses, and before the imagined audience of the reading public.”
― Alice Twemlow, Sifting the Trash: A History of Design Criticism