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"miracle of St. Dominic"
Summary: The chosen art work is "Miracle of St. Dominic." This painting is a tempera on panel, painted by the Renaissance artist Taddeo di Bartolo, in the year thirteen sixty three. The painting is currently housed at the McNay Art Museum, measuring approximately 10" high by 10" wide. In this particular painting we are witnessing a miracle by St. Dominical. There are spectators and a horse that lays above the man in red, who St. Dominical has brought back to life.
The chosen art work is "Miracle of St. Dominic." This painting is a tempera on panel, painted by the Renaissance artist Taddeo di Bartolo, in the year thirteen sixty three. The painting is currently housed at the McNay Art Museum, measuring approximately 10" high by 10" wide. In this particular painting we are witnessing a miracle by St. Dominical. There are spectators and a horse that lays above the man in red, who St. Dominical has brought back to life.
Bartolo's painting is asymmetrical. Viewed at eye level, if we were to fold it in half, the horse would not lie evenly on top of itself. Its facial features and its long neck would not be symmetrical with the rear end of its body. Although the spectators and St. Dominic are in a normal proportion and scale the spectators they would not be able to lay symmetrically either. Consequently, because...
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