I spent the day absorbed in detail-oriented work, so when I took off for the museum around 4:00, I guess I was in that frame of mind. I've been intrigued since my first viewing of the painting by the intimacy between the two lovers -- it practically jumps out at you from the canvas. I honed in on them today; yes, they both have tender looks on their faces, and yes, in case we couldn't figure it out, they are The Lovers, but there also seems to be something else at work.
Almost all of Nicolai is contained in the purple background, but his right shoulder and his gaze are in the blue background. The triangle formed by his shoulder and his gaze (his eyes) to her gaze (her eyes) are what they share in the blue background. It's really the focus of the painting, both spatially and emotionally.
Wow, he's good. I wonder what it would feel like to be that good at something. Do you just know it? How could you not? Or does it just feel like you, and not some super-special different part of you? Or can it be both?
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A day-by-day viewing of "The Lovers" at the National Museum of Art, East Building
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