Georges da La Tour (Adenda a "Luz das Velas")

Ontem, APS fez-me notar que me tinha esquecido de um dos meus pintores preferidos e que pintou muito com a luz das velas. Por isso, aqui ficam algumas das suas obras, entre as mais adequadas para a época natalícia.

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The Dream of St Joseph (c. 1640, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nantes)

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«A face glowing orange, an eye twinkling out of shadow, pinpricks bright as sparklers: de La Tour paints the drama of sudden illuminations in darkness. Others had done it before - de La Tour must have seen a Caravaggio somewhere, if only as a print - but nobody has ever put such emphasis on the behaviour of candlelight. The way it strokes surfaces, sends out showers of highlights, gives warmth as well as light while casting everything beyond its ambit into blackness. His figures appear spellbound by the magical flame, seized with its mystery; only the candlelight shifts» - Laura Cumming, «Georges de La Tour: Master of Candlelight/ Shadows», The Guardian, 15 de Julho de 2077.

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St. Joseph, the Carpenter (c. 1642, Museu do Louvre, Paris)

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L'Adoration des Bergers (c. 1644, Museu do Louvre, Paris)

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Le Nouveau-né (ou Anne and the Virgin in Linen ou Saint Anne with the Christ Child) (c. 1645-1650, Art Gallery of Ontario)

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L'Éducation de de la Vierge (c. 1650, Museu do Louvre, Paris)

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A ler (quando puder): Christopher Wright, The Masters of Candlelight: An Anthology of Great Masters Including Georges de La Tour, Godfried Schalcken, Joseph Wright of Derby.