In Tuesday’s class we discussed the work Original Sin by the Limburg Brothers. We noted the continuous narrative of the painting and talked about how it is different from the cinematic progression of other artworks we have seen (cinematic progression is used for art that has multiple frames in it). In examining this painting, we also learned about the hierarchies of angels—archangels at the very top, followed closely by seraphims, who are represented as red angels because they are burning with the love of God. I also found it fascinating that the fountain and gates in the painting were in the gothic architectural style, and were gold. Both of these aspects of the fountain and gates grounded the painting in its time and to its artists. I also loved the detail of Adam and Eve walking through the gates into our world, bare and empty, which is represented as the white of the page.