But there was something deeper and more fascinating going on as well, and what made Ms. Argerich's account of the Prokofiev so fascinating, both as a reading of the piece and by comparison with her own past performances of it, was the degree to which she illuminated a poetic and at times even gentle side of the work.
Professor Chernock is currently writing a book about 19th-century British perceptions of queenship, which, she argues, illuminate the broader rising demand for women's political rights.
She calls her approach a "conjectural history," which she uses both to illuminate the actual history of patriarchal oppression of women and the ideology of social contract theory.
Her family has released extracts from the journal she kept, in which she notes: "Theme of the next novel should be a journey but in what form?" In The Girl in the Polka Dot Dress we have the journey but with none of the lyrical beauty which illuminates that 1968 journal and her better novels.
A video in which Isaac Asimov illuminates the laws that govern robots.
He posed a question that dates back at least to Plato: which best illuminates the human condition, philosophy or poetry?
But Mr. Denk suggests that Ives's tenderness, which he illuminates beautifully in this recording, is underappreciated.
As she heads up the large staircase, which is illuminated by three leaded-glass windows, she runs her hand along the banister as if she were stroking a treasured pet.
She stands in front of the computer monitor playing the video, which illuminates her from behind.
And there comes a point near the end when she seems positively ablaze, an all-eclipsing torch amid the myriad candles with which Miss Helen illuminates her house.
By the time she got back to talking up her man, the real business of the night, she was positively beaming, her streaked blond hair glistening in the light, which also illuminated her perfect teeth and rouged lips.
