In the roettgen pietà from fourteenth-century germany, the shrunken, twisted body of jesus and the oversized, anguished head of mary are accentuated for expressive effect. this distortion of the human body, form that we can all understand, makes the viewer feel uneasy and impresses on us the suffering of mother and son.
a. abstracted
b. contrasted
c. distorted
d. simplified
e. colored