1. Coincidentia Oppositorum: The Layering of Contrasts in Paint
... overlap so that the viewer's eyes are lead throughout the room, but no element is portrayed in its entirety, and specifically those elements located at the edge of the painting are cut off by the framing edge. Thus while the scene appears to be a self-contained interior, it cannot exist in totality without engaging and mediating with the exterior of the frame ... ...
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