Word: lightness
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...very appropriate way to describe some of the works. In the neutral space of a gallery, the light doesn't change, [the works] are just held in suspension when really they need to go from darkness into the light. The sun needs to penetrate and catch the bronze in just such a way at just such a moment. Photographs can show us that...
...fiber is palpable in its smooth, glossy sturdiness, but we can also feel the soft tufts of gray and white along the feather’s bottom, aware that if we were to give the gentlest blow, they would stir. The soft shading and the way in which the light illuminates certain portions of the feather add to its real-as-life three-dimensionality. The magnifying glasses provided upon one’s entrance to the exhibit come in handy and, at the very least, add an element of fun to the show.Ruskin...
...world of VH1, MTV, and Grammy nominations. Fountains of Wayne were nominated for Best Pop Performance, and, amusingly enough, Best New Artist, a testament to just how unnoticed their first two albums went. “Traffic and Weather” marks the first new release from the light-hearted popsters in four years, as their 2005 album “Out of State Plates” was a compilation of B-sides and previously-unreleased singles. In those four years, their sound has evolved subtly while maintaining its fundamental principles of universally palatable melodies and endlessly listenable lyrics. This...
Lowell Observatory Astronomer Travis Barman made the discovery by comparing theoretical models that he had developed with previously collected data on HD209458b, a large, gaseous planet located 150 light years away from Earth...
...develop his models, Barman used a technique called transmission spectroscopy, which examines the light from a parent star as it passes through the outer reaches of a planet’s atmosphere. By analyzing the absorption patterns of the star’s light, he was able to deduce the molecules present in the planetary atmosphere...