Tomatohead Painting
Tomatohead Painting Layout
Overall size: 512x256
Main image size: 342x256
The main image is not reversed.
You
might need to start with a 512x256 image and then scale asymmetrically to 342x256. If I recall correctly, the Tomatohead is one of those.
Original Art for Tomatohead Painting
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The Birth of the Virgin
Sano di pietro
1448
Tempra and Gold on wood panel
This painting was part of a large altar piece in the Chapel of the town hall in Siena, Italy, which was called the predelle. It was later separated into the individual paintings. The predelle showed five different stages of Mary's life. The "Birth of the Virgin" is the first stage of her life. The "Birth of the Virgin" has a very ornate golden frame. She was also The Patron Saint of the City of Siena. Churches want paintings that reflect religious themes like the painting above. Churches used these images to help educate their followers about the stories in the Bible.
-- http://www.si.umich.edu/chico/Emerson/virgin.html