Howard Greene and Hal Mohr, the art directors Alexander Golitzen and John B. Goodman, the costume designer Vera West, the makeup artist Jack Pierce, and their many uncredited assistants) to produce an image of such subtle gradation and luminescence.
I was mesmerized by the subtle gradation between empathy's relationship with compassion and how those nuances play into kindness.
Among the qualities that make Leonardo's work unique are the innovative techniques which he used in laying on the paint, his detailed knowledge of anatomy, light, botany and geology, his interest in physiognomy and the way in which humans register emotion in expression and gesture, his innovative use of the human form in figurative composition, and his use of the subtle gradation of tone.
And here one approaches an area of subtle gradations, easy to misinterpret.
The long experience of English Catholics as a religious minority, the subtle gradations of class in the British university system, the crazy quilt of sexual norms and taboos governing the lives of young adults: all of this is what makes "Brideshead Revisited" live and breathe as a novel.
Steichen spent several years experimenting with realistic effects of light, tone, and shadow; during this period, he famously photographed a white cup and saucer against a black velvet background more than one thousand times, hoping to achieve a perfect rendering of subtle gradations of white, black, and gray.
Brits, though, have a keener sense of the subtle gradations of class.
The verdict: While we're happy to see Sherman's handiwork get the exposure of a high-profile runway show, we know from past seasons that ISM Mode is a line that's best experienced up close -- the soft hand of the fabric and the subtle gradations of a tone-on-tone tie-dye that characterize the collection can't be fully appreciated from afar. .
The subject's softly sculptural face shows Leonardo's skillful handling of sfumato, an artistic technique that uses subtle gradations of light and shadow to model form, and shows his understanding of the skull beneath the skin.
Beautifully crafted, the score has a haunting, timeless beauty and proved a fine vehicle for Balsom, though its subtle gradations in difficulty more than once took her to the limits of technique and virtuosity.
