Original sentence: Boldini carefully describes the anatomy of the character, as observed by art critics Giorgio Cricco and Francesco Di Teodoro, "the left leg is slightly raised, with the knee consequently advanced and the corresponding arm slenderly backwards, to balance the step, while the right hand skilfully gathers the long dress to further facilitate the gait.Boldini insists on the oval of the face, where the pink cheeks stand out, and in the tousled hairstyle.In this portrait, the woman walks slightly towards the viewer, and shows an uninhibited, smiling and relaxed gaze.Madame Max wears a white dress, supported at the waist by a sash and at the shoulders by a single, thin stripe (the other appears to have provocatively slipped over her shoulder) and with a generous neckline.The painting is executed in white and gray tones; the framing reduces as much as possible the relationship of the figure with its environment and the surrounding objects
Edited sentence: Boldini also insists on the oval of the face, where the pink cheeks stand out, and the tousled hairstyle.Boldini carefully describes the anatomy of the character: as observed by art critics Giorgio Cricco and Francesco Di Teodoro, "the left leg is slightly raised, with the knee consequently advanced and the corresponding arm slenderly backwards, to balance the step, while the right hand skilfully gathers the long dress to further facilitate the gait.In this portrait, the woman walks slightly towards the viewer, and she shows an uninhibited and relaxed gaze.Madame Max wears a white dress, supported at the waist by a sash and at the shoulders by a single, thin stripe (the other, in fact, has provocatively slipped over her shoulder) and with a generous neckline.The painting is admirably executed in white and gray tones; the framing reduces as much as possible the relationship of the figure with its environment and the surrounding objects.With the smile full of malice that Madame Max addresses to the viewer, Boldini seems to be refering to his time, when there where women who challenged bourgeois conventions and proudly exhibited their femininity