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Another piece from the Old Testament Project (taken quite a few months ago). [link]
Joseph, after cast in the well and sold by his envious brothers, is taken to Egypt as a slave. That is how he gets to the household of Potiphar, a wealthy man close to the pharaoh. He makes Joseph the head of the estate, but Potiphar's lustful wife wants more from him than just managing the expenses... after an unsuccessful attempt to seduce him (see the image), she gets so furious that she accuses him falsely of trying to rape her. A downfall again: Potiphar casts Joseph into prison.
Oddly enough, Potiphar's wife is one of the very few characters in the Bible whose actual name is unknown.
models: Á. and K.
Joseph, after cast in the well and sold by his envious brothers, is taken to Egypt as a slave. That is how he gets to the household of Potiphar, a wealthy man close to the pharaoh. He makes Joseph the head of the estate, but Potiphar's lustful wife wants more from him than just managing the expenses... after an unsuccessful attempt to seduce him (see the image), she gets so furious that she accuses him falsely of trying to rape her. A downfall again: Potiphar casts Joseph into prison.
Oddly enough, Potiphar's wife is one of the very few characters in the Bible whose actual name is unknown.
models: Á. and K.
Image size
650x475px 438.22 KB
Make
NIKON CORPORATION
Model
NIKON D70
Shutter Speed
10/1000 second
Aperture
F/4.5
Focal Length
50 mm
Date Taken
Sep 30, 2006, 8:37:20 PM
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Overall Vision Originality Technique ImpactWhen a work of art portrays a scene of an event that has happened, or has been written about, the facial expressions and body language attain a greater importance than a work of art that is portraying some human action that is sui generis.
In this piece, the facial expressions and body language of Joseph and Mrs. Potiphar are done with unusually inciteful depth and understanding, Here Joseph is a slave bound to obey his master, and his mistress AND his God. That alone causes a near-frozen, perplexed ambivalence. To add to that is a sexual ambivalence. The circumstance of slavery has doubtless imposed a state of virginity upon this virile youth. He would doubtless have loved to take her up on it, but wait! God has forbidden it, and of course Potiphar also would not be too pleased. How to put this femme fatale (and does she look that part!) off, without arousing (!) her ire?
The background, too, is well chosen. It is generic enough and simple enough to be a scene in Egypt. It doesn't distract, but frames the couple to best effect.
Only negative thought? The dress of that minx could have better detail, and fewer stray silver spots.