I chose this painting because Art History is one of my favorite classes I'm taking this year. Historians think this could be the first accurate depiction of a solar eclipse in history. It was done by the German artist, Cosmas Damian Asam, who completed the work in 1735. Asam, born in Germany, was one of the famous artists from the late Baroque period. Not only does the paintng portray a total solar eclipse, but it also shows the solar Corona. Asam may have seen a total solar eclpise himself as they occured in 1706, 1724, and 1733. In the painting, St. Benedict is looking up at the solar phenomenon. It looks as though he's having some sort of religious experience, especially with the inclusion of the cherubs and the billowing movements of his cloak and beard in the wind.
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