Sentence examples for luminous city from inspiring English sources
"BANARAS: THE LUMINOUS CITY," Asia Society, 725 Park Avenue, at 70th Street, (212) 517-2742 (through Aug. 18).
Bracketed by the dark trees, the luminous city appears beyond, a composition of arches, pillars, squares, rectangles, diagonals – buildings that suggest a set of toy bricks.
"Banaras: The Luminous City" is at the Asia Society and Museum, 725 Park Avenue, at 70th Street, (212) 517-2742, through Aug. 18.
"Banaras: The Luminous City," an exhibition at the Asia Society and Museum, is nominally about the ancient Indian center of learning and spiritual enlightenment, now called Varanasi (or sometimes Benares).
Each edition has trod an inquisitive line between high and low, formal and freeform, orchestral and "other", making use both of the luminous City Halls and its darker mirror-image venue, the Old Fruitmarket.
The renowned etchings, whose effects Whistler described as "painting with exquisite line," were made during his stay in Venice, a timely reminder of that luminous city with the 53rd Venice Biennale getting under way shortly after this exhibition opens.
The audience for recollections of my lengthy stay in the world's most luminous Renaissance city consists so far only of those willing to hear about my being attacked by a madman with what looked a pitchfork in the Piazza della Signoria.
In astute, luminous jaunts through city streets and parks, Rohmer constructs an exquisite web of coincidences that he elevates into a sort of destiny.
Finland's capital is brilliant anyway, but during Lux all manner of luminous artworks in the city centre and the Cable Factory cultural centre add to the enlightened Nordic vibe.
The riotous ornamentation, the architectural grandeur, and the dramatic costumes — on both sides of the footlights — make for a tinderbox of passions, as do the city's luminous canals and splendid plazas and the gaudily bedizened villas of town and countryside alike.
With the whole festival structured into three categories – Light, Music and Ideas – Vivid Sydney Light will introduce luminous installations around the city, with the iconic Harbour Bridge as the dazzling centrepiece.
