Discuss the composition, movement, and technique of Nicola Pisano's baptistery pulpit relief sculpture, Annunciation, Nativity, and Adoration of the Shepherds
What will be an ideal response?
Essay responses should include these points:
The Virgin reclines in the middle of the composition after having given birth to Jesus.
The Annunciation scene is in the upper left corner.
The panel is in low and high relief.
Implied motion is created by the groupings of the figures, but Mary, the largest figure, always attracts the viewer's attention.
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A. the actor’s performance. B. the pacing of the edits. C. a bowl of soup. D. the juxtaposition of shots.
Pitch Aspects (melody, texture, harmony, bimodality)
What will be an ideal response?
There are many additional questions that an informed and perceptive reviewer can ask of the experience of
attending a production. Which choice below represents one of these additional questions listed in The Essential Theatre?
a. Should others see the play? Why? b. Did the playwright deserve to have the investment in this production of the play? c. Did the actors remain true to the intent of the playwright? d. Did the director remain true to the intent of the playwright?
Dong Qichang believed that the quality of a painting should be judged on _____________
A. the resemblance of the painting to its subject B. the expressive power of the painting C. its symbolic representation of universal harmony D. the meticulous rendering of small details