Eye on Art : Realistic Art IS Abstract

WMRA | By Terry Ward

Published September 2, 2011 at 3:58 PM EDT

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ANIMATE THE IMAGE with a click. Raphael's Sistine Madonna (1513-14) and how Terry's dad might have marked it up to show the abstract structure.

Terry Ward recalls a childhood lesson from his dad about the abstract structure underpinning realism.Note: this essay was broadcast during The Spark's "pilot" phase --when it was still called WMRA's Not Yet Named New Show.