The major theorist and first great patron of the develoment, Abbot Suger of St. Denis (1081-1151), promulgated a Neoplatonic doctrine: lux continua — the unbroken light.
The glare in this case is the unbroken beam of light shone squarely in our faces by turbulent politics, war, and soundbitten regurgitations of what is called news.
Over the past few years, the emergence of a best-selling mini-genre of "mom lit" has brought an almost unbroken stream of testimonials, fueled by frustration and often rage, from a new generation of women struggling with the demands and contradictions of contemporary motherhood.
The reticulated Gila monster tends to have its lighter markings broken up by dark scales, giving it a reticulated pattern, while the banded Gila monster generally has more unbroken bands of lighter scales.
Harold's hopes depended on keeping his line unbroken and his casualties light, thus exhausting and demoralizing the Normans.
The panorama was dazzling in the morning light, like the inside of a diamond; unbroken fields of snow stretched in all directions.
The story was filmed chronologically, using only natural light, often, like Birdman, in exceptionally long unbroken takes, and with shooting windows of only two hours' adequate sunlight each day.
And though it's important to celebrate the resilience of the occupied French (Anthony Doerr's "All the Light We Cannot See"), American hero Louis Zamperini ("Unbroken") or even the complexities facing the Soviets ("The Americans"), the battle continues.
Ms. Balibar performs the title song in an unbroken, tightly framed close-up, lighted by an off-screen spotlight that creates a halo effect akin to an old-fashioned Hollywood glamour shot.
