Light
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
(Difference between revisions)
| Revision as of 18:35, 10 April 2010 Jahsonic (Talk | contribs) ← Previous diff |
Current revision Jahsonic (Talk | contribs) |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| + | [[Image:Der Abend.jpg |thumb|left|200px|''[[Evening|Der Abend]]'' ([[1820]]) by [[Caspar David Friedrich]]]] | ||
| [[Image:Icarus by Redon.jpeg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Icarus]]'' by [[Odilon Redon|Redon]]]] | [[Image:Icarus by Redon.jpeg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Icarus]]'' by [[Odilon Redon|Redon]]]] | ||
| [[Image:View from the Window at Le Gras.jpg|thumb|200px|''[[View from the Window at Le Gras]]'' is one of [[Nicéphore Niépce]]'s earliest surviving photographs, circa [[1826]].]] | [[Image:View from the Window at Le Gras.jpg|thumb|200px|''[[View from the Window at Le Gras]]'' is one of [[Nicéphore Niépce]]'s earliest surviving photographs, circa [[1826]].]] | ||
| {{Template}} | {{Template}} | ||
| - | # The natural medium emanating from the sun and other very hot sources (now recognised as electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength of 400-750 nm), within which vision is possible. | + | '''Visible light''' (commonly referred to simply as '''light''') is [[electromagnetic radiation]] that is [[Visual perception|visible]] to the [[human eye]], and is responsible for the sense of [[Visual perception|sight]] |
| - | #: ''As you can see, this spacious dining-room gets a lot of '''light''' in the mornings.'' | + | |
| - | # A source of illumination. | + | |
| - | #: ''Put that '''light''' out!'' | + | |
| - | # Spiritual or mental illumination; enlightenment, useful information. | + | |
| - | #: ''Can you throw any '''light''' on this problem?'' | + | |
| - | # Facts. pieces of information; [[ideas]], [[concepts]]. | + | |
| - | #* '''1621''', Robert Burton, ''[[The Anatomy of Melancholy]]'', Book I, New York 2001, p. 166: | + | |
| - | #*: Now these notions are twofold, actions or habits [...], which are durable '''lights''' and notions, which we may use when we will. | + | |
| - | # A notable person within a specific field or discipline. | + | |
| - | #: ''Picasso was one of the leading '''lights''' of the cubist movement.'' | + | |
| - | # A point of view, or aspect from which a concept, person or thing is regarded. | + | |
| - | #: ''I'm really seeing you in a different '''light''' today.'' | + | |
| - | #: ''Magoon's governorship in Cuba was viewed in a negative '''light''' by many Cuban historians for years thereafter.'' | + | |
| - | # A [[flame]] or something used to create fire. | + | |
| - | #: ''Hey, buddy, you got a '''light'''?'' | + | |
| - | # A window, or space for a window in architecture | + | |
| - | #: ''This facade has eight south-facing '''light'''s.'' | + | |
| - | + | ||
| == See also == | == See also == | ||
| *[[Light and Manichaeism]] | *[[Light and Manichaeism]] | ||
| + | *[[Neon light]] | ||
| *[[Enlightenment]] | *[[Enlightenment]] | ||
| + | *[[Let there be light]] | ||
| {{GFDL}} | {{GFDL}} | ||
Current revision
|
Related e |
|
Featured: |
Visible light (commonly referred to simply as light) is electromagnetic radiation that is visible to the human eye, and is responsible for the sense of sight
[edit]
See also
Unless indicated otherwise, the text in this article is either based on Wikipedia article "Light" or another language Wikipedia page thereof used under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License; or on research by Jahsonic and friends. See Art and Popular Culture's copyright notice.
