Contemplative Moment
The forms of the guy are in such beautifully resolved balance. And not in an obvious way. One leg is folded in and the other out-stretched. One hand over his right calf, the other lying beside his left, just a finger connecting the two. A slight contraposta of the shoulders, like that invented by the Greeks for the standing male nude - one leg straight and weight-bearing, the other slightly bent and relaxed. Leaving the hips at an angle to the ground, tilted, rather than parallel. Like with the shoulders here.
School of Praxiteles Marathon bay 325-300 B.C.The lighting is from the right, and caresses his body, and gently defines its forms.
And the content (the guy's contemplative/reflective mood) is reinforced by the composition - the turn and position of the head to the body, and the downward gaze.
Blah blah blah ... and what a cute muscly guy!
I love the first pic and have seen this one and others before though I can't remember the name. Czech perhaps?
ReplyDeletehey volker. i can't remember where i got this pic and wish i could. i usually title them in some way to indicate this. i have the feeling it is the work of a well-know (gay) photographer - david vance or Howard Roffman or John Andresen or someone? i think i have another pic of this guy which i'll send you. take care.
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