Chapters 4-8: Lib-Chik's views

I really am enjoying the character and story development. It is almost a murder mystery, with the savaged, sexually mutilated bodies. There is a recurring theme of death (the murders) and birth (Plautilla's pregnancy)

• I wonder about the enmity between Alessandra and Tomaso, is it because of jealousy, hers at not being a male and able to follow her heart and passion, and his because of her quick intellect, so obviously more disciplined than himself?
• I wonder about Tomaso's and Luca's late night wanderings, are they in any way tied to the gruesome murders? Do they know something, witnessed, or taken part in anything that will bring calamity down on the family?
• Is the painter really visiting whores in the middle of the night? My thought is that he is studying their bodies, sketching and posing them. Also, it is possible that he is studying human anatomy (dissecting), is he the one who is committing the atrocities? I don't think so, but anything is possible... as he draws Alessandra's fingers you wonder..."It is as if he is reading my hands from under the skin, building the image from the inside out." And when Alessandra sees his drawing of the young girl, the central figure in the fresco, where the "singular most arresting thing about her body is its complete lifelessness."
• It seems that Alessandra has met someone who will play an important role in her life, an unknown man at her sister's wedding, I think he appreciates her talents, though how he knows of them is not clear, but is hinted at as being the result of her brothers' gossiping.
• Will the painter help Alessandra, tutor her in the ways of being an artist? She admits to him that she draws and asks his help, but will he? I think so.

The emphasis on sin and sexuality is more pronounced. Savonarola is becoming more passionate and influential, it feels like darkness is enveloping Florence, it is going to get worse before it gets better.