Its artist, who appears superimposed over it in a double exposure photograph taken by Hans Namuth, expressed a hope that (*) viewers would stand no more than 18 inches away from it.
This painting's dimensions were criticized by Frank Getlein in an article published in the New Republic. Part of this painting was recreated in isolation in a canvas titled The Wild. Its title echoes an essay by its artist that ends with the declaration: "Instead of making cathedrals out of Christ... we are making [them] out of ourselves, out of our own feelings." The exact dimensions of this painting, rotated 90 degrees, were used in its artist's later painting Voice of Fire. Its artist, who appears superimposed over it in a double exposure photograph taken by Hans Namuth, expressed a hope that (*) viewers would stand no more than 18 inches away from it. This 8-by-18-foot painting includes five vertical lines, or "zips," on an otherwise monochromatic red background. For 10 points, name this abstract expressionist masterpiece by Barnett Newman, whose title translates as "man, heroic and sublime."
This painting's dimensions were criticized by Frank Getlein in an article published in the New Republic.
Vir Heroicus Sublimis [accept Man, Heroic and Sublime until "man"] 