The madonna is often on a visible chair with interesting characteristics that say things about art and region and style. Sheis usually against the background of a building that make claims about what type of setting is worthy to host her. And there's so much informational density to a lot of renaissance material, which does continue to use layering like mediaeval artists did,. but that nineteenth century people didn't like. Those are the ados.
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