HudsonGray
But if you look on the left, the half circles there are reminiscent of Yin Yang symbols broken into halves.
I thought it was the Hermit too, till I looked closer, there's two cups there. I think it fools us because the figure is turned to the side & you see it in profile. Though it's facing the wrong way (generally) for the Hermit.
Actually I thought the dress was pretty simple, especially for the Baroque period. They didn't play around all that much with the Grecian forms at that point in time.
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I just took another look. The Temperance figure in the background is pouring vertically from one cup into another, which is more realistic than most Temperance pictures that I've seen. (Baba, your cats must all have polydactyl thumbs to hold the things in their paws! Ha!).
The only thing that seems too much on the card is the yellow flowers taking up so much room on the bottom left. Would it look better balanced if they were lowered down about half, so they didn't block the figure, or the yellow was changed to something more muted? Or cat tails were used instead (do you have those growing over there? Maybe rushes or reeds, horsetails, or some water plant). Or, if water gardening was popular, water lilies floating in a wide topped planter? There's a tiny bit of water down at the bottom, I see.
The background in the 6 of Cups, it reminds me of the Wild West for some reason. I think it's the red & white structure. I associate it with barns & such (I'm from dairy country myself, though most of the barns around here have been painted white over the last few decades).
I thought it was the Hermit too, till I looked closer, there's two cups there. I think it fools us because the figure is turned to the side & you see it in profile. Though it's facing the wrong way (generally) for the Hermit.
Actually I thought the dress was pretty simple, especially for the Baroque period. They didn't play around all that much with the Grecian forms at that point in time.
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I just took another look. The Temperance figure in the background is pouring vertically from one cup into another, which is more realistic than most Temperance pictures that I've seen. (Baba, your cats must all have polydactyl thumbs to hold the things in their paws! Ha!).
The only thing that seems too much on the card is the yellow flowers taking up so much room on the bottom left. Would it look better balanced if they were lowered down about half, so they didn't block the figure, or the yellow was changed to something more muted? Or cat tails were used instead (do you have those growing over there? Maybe rushes or reeds, horsetails, or some water plant). Or, if water gardening was popular, water lilies floating in a wide topped planter? There's a tiny bit of water down at the bottom, I see.
The background in the 6 of Cups, it reminds me of the Wild West for some reason. I think it's the red & white structure. I associate it with barns & such (I'm from dairy country myself, though most of the barns around here have been painted white over the last few decades).