3 Ways of Seeing

So I spent a long time picking through paintings that i liked and wanted to work with such as works by Vermeer, Rembrandt, and Dali and I struggled because often I was struck by one that immediately wanted to use...but I couldn't think of more than one 'angle' to photograph it. I'm not completely happy with the one i ended up choosing, "A Girl with a Broom" by Carel Fabritius (who was a student of Rembrandt's) but it's going to have to do for now.

1. I took this picture in the stacks of the library, amid shelves of books and through another bookshelf. I felt that this made the girl in the painting seem like she was hiding or afraid. Her body language suddenly seemed more huddled.
2. I took this picture in Benedict underneath a light in the stairwell. I felt that the girl in the painting seemed more rightful in being there, more comfortable and confident.
3. I took this picture while the photo was behind a door. I thought the girl seemed more forgotten and sad, but also watchful.
4. I also took this picture which was also in the library in a sitting room, because I imagined the locked and closed door was essentially a broom closet. Although this seems to be a given (a girl with a broom would be on a closet door, just as Rembrandt's "Girl Bathing" could theoretically be expected to be on a bathroom door) I felt that it was necessary to show the contrast of the picture in an 'expected' place as well as 'unexpected' places.