The extreme oblique angle of this view forces the lines of perspective of the House of the Governor to converge sharply, leading the eye directly towards the distant Pyramid of the Magician. In the foreground, note how the sculpted frieze (including a stack of deity masks at the corner), with its complex play of light, shadow, and volume, contrasts sharply with the plain lower wall of the edifice, which is nevertheless framed and lightened by its plinth of junquillos and by the fact that the medial cornice overhangs the wall, lending movement to an otherwise plain surface.