Night Club Art

[mbarrick]

Last night at the nightclub. The pose and the lighting in this reminds me very strongly of figures in so many Late Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, Mannerist, and Neo-Classical paintings. I'm sure if I looked long enough I'd find something a little closer to this pose, but because I have to get to bed and can't be arsed, the following will have to do:

Detail from the altarpiece at the Cathedral of Antwerp, by Peter Paul Rubens, painted in 1612.