The fact that you can't catch yourself having an illusion is a discovery made by several art historians, such as Ernst Gombrich or Kenneth Clark, and among the artists who made sure this revelation can be observed by the viewers,the most remarkable is Velazquez.

The most impressive part of some works such as the portrait of Infanta Margarita is the blue draping of the princess dress made with coarse and pasty brush strokes, which from a short distance creates the perfect illusion of the luster of the material.

In the work Woman Reading, despite the fact that the features of the face and body parts are strongly essentialized, the feminine charm of this character shines through the relaxed posture, the rounded shapes drawn by the body lines and the lush preciousness of the blue material in which she is dressed.

Unlike the nude goddesses or classic portraits, in which women are caught posing, modern artists are increasingly focusing on candid representations of women, in everyday poses, thus creating less idealized and more humanized characters.