Or would you title this painting “The Hour Glass?” More likely than Asperatus Clouds. But look how little space the hour glass takes up on the whole canvas! About 2%. Still, because it’s a recognizable shape, it dominates your mind as you look at this turbulent composition.
E.H.Gombrich talks about that in “The Story of Art,” 1950
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