The rigorous symmetry with which the groups of adoring figures at the sides of the Virgin are arranged in the imposing scene of the central panel is inspired by compositions of the Byzantine tradition and gives evidence of Duccio's keen architectural sensibility by its power to draw attention to the Maestà as the true focal point of the cathedral's spatial and structural organization.
Ms. Podles, who has been embraced by an adoring cult following but not by any of New York's major classical-music institutions, was a particular attraction, judging by the thunderous applause that rewarded her brief but imposing scene as the Gypsy fortuneteller Ulrica.
And Zinnemann wrote bitterly about a jarring, Army-imposed scene that resembles a recruiting short.
Archive footage was used by imposing it on scenes shot by Pytka, who utilised a greenscreen stage to digitally blend it into the finished film, such as Paul's Old English Sheepdog in the graveyard, and the elephant in the ballroom procession scene.
But its impact could have far reaching consequences for Europe's emerging startup tech scene, imposing higher costs, red tape and put off most institutional investors from investing in VC funds.
The palace is a warren of serpentine corridors, imposing stone halls and apartments frescoed with ornate hunting and fishing scenes.
Sometimes revenge tragedies end with a prince or a king or a god descending on the scene and imposing order where there had just been complete anarchy.
In GHOST HERO (Minotaur, $25.99), it's an inside look at the city's art scene, from imposing uptown galleries and trendy storefront spaces in Chelsea to starving-artists' warehouse collectives in Queens.
This has been attributed in part to the country's largely state-funded arts system, which, while ensuring a plentiful flow of money, was also seen to bias the art market and limit the dynamism of the arts scene, by imposing its own criteria as to what constitutes great art.
Crowded with vigorous, brightly attired individuals and spiced with telling details and background scenes, these imposing paintings — two measure 20 feet across — confer an inspiring optimism on different moments from African-American history.
Allen scored a supporting Oscar nomination for her pains, as did Sally Field in Lincoln, though she has a harder time escaping her onscreen husband's imposing shadow – even the scenes of marital dispute in Tony Kushner's densely woven script find Day-Lewis's noble leader wrestling with his own dueling philosophies while his wife objects in the background.
