Love that first image - the ground movement has made it look like a piece of fabric. Busy, but still harmonious. If I "step back" (eg the last image in the art

Love that first image - the ground movement has made it look like a piece of fabric. Busy, but still harmonious. If I "step back" (eg the last image in the article), I don't get a sense of visual clutter, I get a sense of a coherent, balanced design. This, although from a later period, is a good example of what I'm getting at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_mosaics#/media/File:Basilica_of_San_Vitale_-_Lamb_of_God_mosaic.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_mosaics#/media/File:... Maybe it's something to do with the use of symmetry (I'm hoping a trained artist swings by and explains my own comment to me).