Nothing is overdone, from David Linton's beautifully modulated score of sounds and classical, popular and new music to F. A. A. Sven van Kuijk's understated lighting shifts and handsome set.
As their limbs hinge and unfurl, there is a palpable sense of discovery through movement in the hushed world created by Mr. Gibson's chiming music and Jared Klein's softly understated lighting design.
It's just that, after two hours in the understated lighting and quiet air of the museum's Kanter Educational Study Room, looking at centuries-old pieces of parchment paper bearing mechanical reproductions of paintings and frescoes, Rodini and Zorach have gotten a bit punchy.
The visual style is often dark, saturated, and raw, depicting the harsh Midwestern United States in a "withdrawn", dark and understated light to give a "surreal" effect.
It has that very Tokyo retail vibe: understated, carefully lit and very curated.
Our pick is this understated, elegant lighter one.
Roomba's stylish, softly lit, understated decor lets the food do the talking.
Her writing is understated, carrying the light, ironic inflections of her class and period.
The band is crisply understated, with a light but persistent momentum generated by its conga drummer; Mr. Dibango's solos, on tenor saxophone and marimba, dig into riffs and rhythms.
December 4 , 1930Buffalo, New York December 10, 2013 New York City, New York Jim Hall (James Stanley Hall), (born Dec. 4, 1930, Buffalo, N.Y. died Dec. 10, 2013, New York, N.Y ., American jazz musician who played lyrical guitar with a light, understated sound and in a style that was influenced by saxophonists as well as by bop guitarists.
Hector Serrano wanted the Air stool he designed for Gandia Blasco, a Spanish manufacturer, to look good, but not so good that it competed with its surroundings: "The idea was to create a stool that was understated and visually light enough to complement any setting," he said.
