Focus on Assumption of Mary (Doxaras) and explore the History.
The work of art was created using oil paint and canvas.  The height of the painting is: 45 cm (17.7 in) and the width is 34 cm (13.3 in).  The painting bears similarities to Tintoretto's Assumption in both works angels hold up the Virgin Mary.  A few of the bearded figures below also reflect Tintoretto's masterpiece.  El Greco, Titian and Tintoretto's paintings all feature the Virgin in the same orientation.  The Virgin Mary floats in the heavens.  In the Doxaras, her heavenly robe levitates as an angel holds her garment.  The painter's shadows ideally reflect deeper space and create adequate spatial depth.  The clouds attempt to reflect an aura of divinity.  To our right, the painter adds a complex structure to reflect a three-dimensional environment.  The building features straight lines and ninety-degree angles.  Towards the lower portion of the canvas.  A group of ten witnesses partake in the heavenly event.  The painter chose oil paint over the traditional tempera.  The oil paint gave Doxaras more time to work with his canvas.  Tempera is fast drying and requires soft hair and bristle strokes.  The artist cannot use impasto.  The blue color dominates the canvas.  The geometric shape of the lower figure continues to illustrate deeper space.  The garments were painted with adequate light and shadow to establish form and volume.
El Greco Tintoretto Titian impasto