16. Virgin and Child

A 14th C. altarpiece Virgin and Child with Saints: shows each saint in profile; each bearing the same expression, alert slightly narrowed eyes (revealed by the one eye visible) in a face sombre, reverent, pure, serene.  The painting’s meaning is shown clear in each expression.  (Collectively in mood embodied and betokened mysterious, knowing, transcendent.)

So an image of human possibility as knowledge.

Tags: Evolution, Religion, The Smile, Virgin and Child