Thursday, June 12, 2014

Worth a Thousand Words: The Cardsharps

The Cardsharps by Caravaggio (c.1594)
This is via My Daily Art Display where a series is beginning on Georges de la Tour. He was greatly inspired by Caravaggio, who is a favorite of mine (more than de la Tour, I'm afraid). Go take a look at the post because it features a lot of art and really interesting observations.

And don't let anyone you don't know well stand behind you when you're playing cards.

4 comments:

  1. What a wonderful expressive painting.

    Visiting here from Manny's blog.

    God bless.

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    1. Hi Victor ... isn't it great in the way it depends on your understanding of body language to see how innocent the victim is? Manny is the greatest, right? :-)

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    2. Manny is really well-read and his posts about literature are well-researched and very educational.

      You're right. This painting really captures the body language. Caravaggio's self-portrait is very expressive too.

      God bless.

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    3. Sorry ... the chalk portrait of Caravaggio I had in mind is by Ottavio Leoni.

      God bless.

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