I agree Russ. But what is intuitive is what you have learned in your lifetime. Lovely image. Not just the composition and light, but it has the appearance that the gentleman at the top has his eyes set on the lovely lady.
JR
Yes John, the horizontal lines of the stairs and the bottom of the columns, the vertical lines of the columns, the diagonal line of the light - and -
the implied diagonal line of my grandfather's eye on the lady.
And the light is pretty good too!
Thanks for affirming my take on this image.
I am going to make a large(ish) print for our living room!
Thanks also to Russ and Eric (I hope you are both well!)