People can put themselves in every part of the altarpiece, because each frame has the Virgin which occurs over and over again. Every part has an independent story but overall they have a connection chronologically. The whole work delivers a feeling of multiple stories happen together. Audiences are more interested in the large scale and hinged panels, as well as the method of story-telling. The subject matters such as the Virgin Mary and Jesus, occur so many times in this piece. The most altarpiece works are for the churches or cathedrals, so they have to describe lots of stories from the Gospel. So artist put them together in time order so that worshippers will see clearly and easily. Also, churches wants to capture the moment that narrative…show more content… Hans Memlinc is a German painter who spent some of his time in the workshop of Rogier van der Weyden. Therefore, his work are similar with Rogier’s. Such as Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine in 1480, some of its details also show the same narrative vibration. “It is with Memlinc that the use of the triptych reaches an impasse. He simplified subject matter, reduced content to one major area, clarified imagery, increased repetition and made architecture more relevant.” Shirley Neilsen Blum once made this statement in the book review of Early Netherlandish Triptychs: A Study in Patronage. Shirley claimed that repetition becomes one of the most important characteristic of story-telling. In addition, the relevant architecture can also be an important feature of story-telling but it is easy to ignore by viewers. For example, in the right part of the central panel of The Nativity, the altarpiece, telling people a situation called the Annunciation to the Magi. In the picture, Magi is kneeling with two man in contemporary clothes. Baby Jesus is holding a scroll just like in the second panel Mary does. Their behaviour towards baby Jesus are the same as the attitudes that people towards
