Always, Ryman invites contemplation of the light that falls on his paintings (which when I saw them, on a recent cloudy day, was glumly tender as it filtered through the Dia skylights) and of their formal relation to the rooms that contain them.
See also relativity for details of how contemplation of the speed of light as measured in different reference frames was pivotal to the development of Albert Einstein's theory of special relativity in 1905.
Aided by artificial lighting, they encourage contemplation of the changing subtleties of sky and light and, if you will, their spiritual implications.
Pure faith, contemplation, white light: surely these are the gifts of the Asian religions, or of medieval Christianity, of St. Francis with his birds.
But at its most literal, Luminism in art refers to a type of 19th-century American landscape painting known for its seductive effects of light and air, with the pictures emphasizing contemplation, sentiment and serenity.
Like the old wing, the new one provides stools for close-up contemplation of the delicate phantasmagoria of illuminated manuscripts and discrete little paintings, bathed with washes of light in slanted vitrines.
Make no mistake: the show really is a contemplation of end times by an artist making light of her own deep sense of foreboding.
Initially, this may seem familiar, the kind of poetry in contemplation of classical art one has seen before: We see Hermaphrodite's muscle Beneath the rounded whiteness, & already know the outcome of this Tussle of light & panic against Disrobed stone...
Finely proportioned, evenly lit rooms anticipate hushed contemplation of things that are hard put to merit it.
"Black Light Poster Child" is a navel-gazing contemplation of sepulchral timbres.
