Sentence examples for picture light from inspiring English sources
A wonderful new light, the Waddesdon Manor Picture Light, has appeared to rave reviews at the Frick Museum.
Ms. Sheridan recalled an owner who had a painting by the French artist Raoul Dufy, illuminated by a picture light attached overhead.
The desk-size brass easel with an integrated picture light was ideal for displaying a choice piece of art, he said, adding that the robust construction looked "very library".
This picture light was developed 10 years ago to light the art at Waddesdon Manor in England at the behest of Lord Jacob Rothschild Baron Ferdinand de Rothschildd built Waddesdon between 1874 and 1889).
The arm of the Waddesdon light rises higher above the painting and projects farther from the wall than a standard picture light, which allows the light -- actually a series of bulbs with reflectors, adjusted to the painting's size -- to be aimed inward toward the painting instead of downward toward the floor, minimizing glare.
Pros: bright picture, light weight, shallow cabinet.
The first full-length all-talking motion picture, Lights of New York, premiered in New York City.
Standard-issue picture lights, clamped onto a frame above the painting, are also a poor solution.
On the minus side: some people loathe picture lights, no matter how advanced they are.
Their mansion had picture lights on the walls, which had been installed for the previous owner's art collection.
It gave an immensely detailed picture, lit up with knowledge and affection, of British urban working-class people in the years spanning the second world war.
