"I’d never seen such an immense academy, a huge glazed room, over thirty easels around a single still model, for hours on end (...). And the students, all drawing from different angles, the same pose. Everything was mesmerizing: the teachers walking around the room, taking their time in each easel, taking notes, correcting the students".
Tarsila do Amaral
*Excerpt from the book “Tarsila, sua obra e seu tempo”, by Aracy Amaral.