Georges de la Tour is my new idol. Ironic, seeing as he is a fanatically christian painter and I just broke the 3rd amendment by having an idol...other than God...yeah that was a joke.
The light is so BEAUTIFUL. Just look at how the face of the young'n is illuminated and such a contrast against an old man against a midnight background. And all that the light hits are just shapes, yet our eyes fill in the rest of the space and we basically make up the scene in our own heads, guessing where the two are and what they are doing. Look at the hand!! It's a ghostly hand that cups the light source from actual view, as if la Tour is holding back a secret from his audience. Wow.
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