All of these paintings spoke to me

The brilliance of their colors, the brightness of their gold

Everything centers around the Madonna

This one is very interesting once you know it's story...do you see on the left side

near the front of the painting the monk looking towards the artist? With his hand on his face? Looking a little bored

That is a portrait of the painter himself

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Do you see the man praying on the right side of the painting? How he appears faded or off color? 

This is a portrait of the man who commissioned the artist but did not live to see it completed

 

I thought this one was quite stunning

Most of the paintings up until this point in time only showed 

one 'layer' of life.

 This one shows everything around it. Including people and animals in the distance

A vanishing point