It is an antidote to the dappled days of sun, sea, sand and luminous light.
Born and raised in the gloom of northern France, he was dazzled by the luminous light of Provence.
Sea pens (Pennatula), sea cactus (Cavernularia), and sea pansy (Renilla) are colonies, which upon stimulation generate a wave of luminous light that travels down the organism.
Awash with sunshine all year round, the south-western desert is known for luminous light and out-of-this-world sunsets.
Scott Shields, the associate director and chief curator of the Crocker, contends that while Mr. Thiebaud needed a New York moment to achieve recognition, his luminous light, arresting color and humor are Californian.
(Johnson) ★ Metropolitan Museum of Art: 'Rooms with a View: The Open Window in the 19th Century' (closes on Monday) This compact, quietly splendid exhibition explores the window as luminous light source, as semi-abstract compositional element and as the focal point for a certain poignant, implicitly Romantic yearning.
Its head-clearing effect is the perfect start for a show of artworks permeated for the most part by a luminous light and a concomitant clarity of vision that regularly translates life's daily pleasures — starting with looking out windows — into images of surprising formal rigor and emotional weight.
(Johnson 20110616 ★ Metropolitan Museum of Art: 'Rooms with a View: The Open Window in the 19th Century' (through July 4) This compact, quietly splendid exhibition explores the window as luminous light source, as semi-abstract compositional element and as the focal point for a certain poignant, implicitly Romantic yearning.
(Johnson 20110623 ★ Metropolitan Museum of Art: 'Rooms with a View: The Open Window in the 19th Century' (through July 4) This compact, quietly splendid exhibition explores the window as luminous light source, as semi-abstract compositional element and as the focal point for a certain poignant, implicitly Romantic yearning.
