10-11-2016, 06:22 PM
I think it's simply an attempt to show the outside of the baths, whilst concentrating on the people inside.
Perspective wasn't the strongest point of medieval artists, who preferred to concentrate on getting their points across. Sort of similar to this one:
![[Image: medieval-water-cropped-2-1024x549.png]](https://about.openlibhums.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/medieval-water-cropped-2-1024x549.png)
(Harley 4979)
Why green and blue? I don't know, but I am sure the colours were not picked at random. Green signified, amongst other things: fertility, renewal, hope, etc in medieval Christian art. I expect the colour was picked for the water for a specific reason.
Perspective wasn't the strongest point of medieval artists, who preferred to concentrate on getting their points across. Sort of similar to this one:
(Harley 4979)
Why green and blue? I don't know, but I am sure the colours were not picked at random. Green signified, amongst other things: fertility, renewal, hope, etc in medieval Christian art. I expect the colour was picked for the water for a specific reason.