In this class, we introduced the concept of iconography, which refers to the study of how certain objects are presented in the image. We discussed the change in painting: style changed from golden to more real-life colors, and structure changed from having several sections to a more unified space. Then, The Coronation of the Virgin became the main character of our class. As I’m born in an environment where religion is somehow far away from my life, Catholicism is a field which I have no experience or background knowledge of, which means, on the on hand, I now get the chance to learn something about it, and on the other hand, some concepts are unfamiliar and confused. For example, I still do not quite get the point of “Trinity”. It is the father, son, and holy spirit, but what it means to be distinctive but one entity? Anyway, the altarpiece is so vivid and full of details! I can not realize there are so many objects, religious beliefs, and allusions contained and being presented if I didn’t read the essay about it. Although I am confused by the religious ideas, I fully get the point that altarpiece, though today is more appreciated on its aesthetic value, had its true functions in religious and social life in the past.