civilized ku # 743 ~ Caravaggio?
Monday, October 25, 2010 at 11:40AM 
The day that Alice died ~ Merchantville, NJ • click to embiggenOn civilized ku # 730 Sven W asked 2 questions:
Love these images - candid but the light and depth of colour are beautiful. Am I the only one thinking Caravaggio? ;-) ... On a technical note, were these taken with the DSLR or m4/3?
The pictures, to include today's picture, were made with my m4/3 camera.
And, yes, at the point of processing the pictures, I was immediately struck by their Caravaggio-like chiaroscuro, aka: strong contrasts between light and dark, usually bold contrasts affecting a whole composition. It is also a technical term used by artists and art historians for using contrasts of light to achieve a sense of volume in modeling three-dimensional objects such as the human body.
In addition to the chiaroscuro, I was also struck by the Caravaggio-like quality of the relationships and interaction of the human figures in the pictures. That was especially so in the picture on the right side of the entry.
Reader Comments (2)
I can't tell from that photo, but I have been wondering if Lizzie removed her new nose piercing for Alice's funeral - can you tell from any of the snapshots?
I see a small nose stud in that photo.