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It seems as though he had reached an impasse with his spotlight effects.
By concentrating the light and by exaggerating the diminuendo of the force of light in relation to the distance from the light source, Rembrandt arrived at what could crudely be termed "spotlight" effects.
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Psychologists call this the spotlight effect.
Because of this double "spotlight" effect, the tonal values of the painting as a whole seem to be subdued.
We used a subtle spotlight effect at the front of the stage so when the politicians are in the public eye they are at their brightest.
Violent royal blue whirls and swooshes seem to define the sports-hero aesthetic, while the ominous spotlight effect used to pick out a player on the field (as a dark cloud enshrouds her teammates) seems like a tool for a hit man.
Underlying our inhibitions about being seen out alone, I suspect, is the famous psychological phenomenon known as the spotlight effect, which describes the way we chronically overestimate how much others notice our social faux pas – or indeed notice us at all.
Let's see if the so-called "spotlight effect" makes any difference there.
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