In the first opening, in the Annunciation panel and the Nativity panel there are so many vivid colors and elements that there is less of a central focus than the closed state. Another contrasting theme between the states is the use of symmetry. In the closed state, Christ on the cross is in the direct center, with an even portion of people beside him and equal sets of men in the farthest panels both on pedestals. In the first opening, the picture is not as symmetric as the closed. Without the symmetry, it seems to take longer to take in all the elements in the first opening
In the first opening, in the Annunciation panel and the Nativity panel there are so many vivid colors and elements that there is less of a central focus than the closed state. Another contrasting theme between the states is the use of symmetry. In the closed state, Christ on the cross is in the direct center, with an even portion of people beside him and equal sets of men in the farthest panels both on pedestals. In the first opening, the picture is not as symmetric as the closed. Without the symmetry, it seems to take longer to take in all the elements in the first opening