These days, the water circumnavigates the building, officials say, but some visual elements of the old pumping station apparatus remain.
For one, "art professionals can find it surprisingly difficult to describe the visual elements of a picture," said Ms. Trant, who is managing the grant work.
The descriptive video service, called DVS Theatrical, delivers a spoken interpretation of the visual elements of a film to special headsets.
The director placed much emphasis on the visual elements of his mise-en-scene, and the expressivity of the actors' bodies, sometimes using stylised gestures and grotesque makeup.
They also note how crucial grilles are to "down the road graphics" or D.R.G.'s -- the signature visual elements of a car in motion.
The exhibition includes several of Mr. Zhang's vast oil paintings, which fuse traditional Chinese scroll painting imagery with visual elements of famous Western modernist masterpieces.
These are among the haunting visual elements of "The Exorcist," William Friedkin's enduring (if nightmare-inducing) 1973 movie about a child overtaken by a defiantly evil spirit.
Peter Gelb, the Met's general manager, said the 3-D effect only "adds to the visual elements" of Mr. Lepage's "Ring".
