Yarikh, in Canaanite mythology, is a god of the moon whose epithets are Illuminator of the Heavens, Illuminator of the Myriads of Stars, and Lord of the Sickle (the latter may come from the appearance of the crescent moon). He married the goddess Nikkal. Other related archivesCanaanite, Nikkal, god, moon

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Christian Art is a broad classification of art that spans across many different Christian religions. Per each religious sect, art mediums, style, and representations change; however, the unifying theme is ultimately the representation of the life and times of Jesus Christ and in some cases the Old Testament. Christian art - History. Christian art is a major category of art produced in Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire. While the Western Empire's political structure essentially collapsed after ...

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Guda was a 12th century nun and illuminator. She created a self-portrait in an initial letter in a Homeliary (now in the the Frankfurt am Main, Staatsbibliothek). Along with her self-portrait, she wrote an inscription, "Guda, a sinner, wrote and painted this book." Other related archives12th century, Frankfurt am Main, illuminator, nun

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Events Gregory the Illuminator withdraws from the world; his death occurs sometime in the next couple of years. Births Julian, future Roman Emperor (approximate date) Deaths Category: 331 ...

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Color constancy is an example of subjective constancy and a feature of the human color-perception system which ensures that the perceived color of objects remains relatively constant under varying illumination conditions. An apple for instance looks green to us at midday, when the main illumination is white sunlight, and also at sunset, when the main illumination is red. This helps us identify objects. Some nonhuman species, such as monkeys and goldfish have also been shown to have color constancy. It is likely th ...

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A nebula (Latin: "mist"; pl. nebulae) is an interstellar cloud of dust, gas and plasma. Originally nebula was a general name for any extended astronomical object, including galaxies beyond the Milky Way (some examples of the older usage survive; for example, the Andromeda Galaxy is sometimes referred to as the Andromeda Nebula). Nebula - Classification of Nebulae. Nebulae can be classified by how they are illuminated: Diffuse nebulae are illuminated nebulae

An illuminated capital letter P in a Bible of A.D. 1407, on display in Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire, England A closeup of the illuminated letter P in the Malmesbury Bible. The script is blackletter, also known as Gothic script ...

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This novel is about a young American Jew (named after the author himself) who journeys through Ukraine in search of Augustine—a woman who saved his grandfather’s life during the Nazi invasions of World War II and Trachimbrod, the shtetl his grandfather grew up in. Armed with numerous copies of an old photograph, maps, Marlboro cigarettes, and an un-cool fanny pack, he begins his adventure with Ukrainian native and soon-to-be good friend, Alexander Perchov (more commonly known as just “Alex”). He is a young man of similar age and is v ...

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Everything Is Illuminated, Everything Is Illuminated - Description, Everything Is Illuminated - Criticism

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Illumination was a complex and frequently costly process. As such, it was usually reserved for special books: an altar Bible, for example. Wealthy people often had richly illuminated "books of hours" made, which set down prayers appropriate for various times in the liturgical day. Illuminated manuscript - Text. In the making of an illuminated manuscript, the text was usually written first. Sheets of parchment or vellum, animal hides specially prepared for writing, were cut down to the appropriate size. Aft ...

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In the late 1970s, Ray Sherwin and Peter Carroll, two young British occultists with a strong interest in ritual magic, began to publish a magazine called The New Equinox. Both were connected with a burgeoning occult scene developing around a metaphysical bookstore in London's East End called The Phoenix. According to themselves, both men quickly became dissatisfied with the state of the Magical Arts and the deficiencies they saw in the available occult groups. So in 1978 they published a small announcement in their magazine proclaimin ...

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Illuminates of Thanateros, Illuminates of Thanateros - History, Illuminates of Thanateros - Structure, Illuminates of Thanateros - Relation to the occult subculture

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The Flemish miniature did not, however, hold the favor of western Europe without a rival. That rival had arisen in the south, and had come to perfection concurrently with the miniature of the Low Countries in the 15th century. This was the Italian miniature, which passed through the same stages as the miniatures of England and France and the Low Countries. Intercommunication between the countries of Europe was too well established for the case to be otherwise. In Italian manuscripts of the normal type the influence of Byzantine art is very m ...

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Miniature illuminated manuscript, Miniature illuminated manuscript - Italy and Byzantium 3rd–6th centuries, Miniature illuminated manuscript - North-west Europe 8th–12th centuries, Miniature illuminated manuscript - Northwest Europe 13th–15th centuries, Miniature illuminated manuscript - Italy 13th–15th centuries, Miniature illuminated manuscript - Persia

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The Pact organizes itself along the somewhat "traditional" lines of a fraternal occult order, with initiations into progressive degrees denoting magickal skill and leadership within the group. It is notable that unlike other occult societies with a degree system, the Pact rewards progression in degree with hardly any privileges, but "punishes" it with added duties and responsibilities. Degrees: 4° Neophyte 3� ...

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Illuminant metamerism is witnessed when you have a number of spectrally matched (exactly the same) samples, but when each is independently, yet simultaneously illuminated and viewed under lights whose spectral power distributions differ, you can perceive significant variations of the color. This phenomenon is rarely witnessed, unless you have a light box that allows you to see both lights separated by a divider, and your two identical samples illuminated by the different light sources. The lights are m ...

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Metamerism color, Metamerism color - Sample metamerism, Metamerism color - Illuminant metamerism, Metamerism color - Observer metamerism, Metamerism color - Geometric metamerism, Metamerism color - Graphic arts and color reproduction considerations

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The earliest extant miniatures series of colored drawings or miniatures cut from the Ambrosian Iliad, an illustrated manuscript of the Iliad from the 3rd century. They are similar in style and treatment with the pictorial art of the later Roman classical period. In these pictures there is a considerable variety in the quality of the drawing, but there are many notable instances of fine figure-drawing, quite classical in sentiment, showing that the earlier art still exercised its influence. Such indications, too, of landscape as are to ...

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Miniature illuminated manuscript, Miniature illuminated manuscript - Italy and Byzantium 3rd–6th centuries, Miniature illuminated manuscript - North-west Europe 8th–12th centuries, Miniature illuminated manuscript - Northwest Europe 13th–15th centuries, Miniature illuminated manuscript - Italy 13th–15th centuries, Miniature illuminated manuscript - Persia

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Entering the 13th century, we reach the period when the miniature may be said to justify the modern false etymology which has connected the title with minuteness. The broad, bold style of the 12th century gives place to the precise and minute. Books in general exchanged their form from the large folio to the octavo and smaller sizes. There was a greater demand for books; and vellum was limited in quantity and had to go further. Handwriting grew smaller and lost the roundness of the 12th century. Contractions and abbreviations in the texts la ...

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The most numerous surviving works of the Carolingian renaissance are illuminated manuscripts. Under Charlemagne's direction, new Gospels and liturgical works were prepared, as were teaching materials such as historical, literary and scientific works from ancient authors. Carolingian art had different monastic centers throughout the Carolingian Empire, known as ateliers, and each atelier had its own style that developed based on the artists and influences of that particular location and time. The earliest was the Court School of Charle ...

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Carolingian art, Carolingian art - History, Carolingian art - Illuminated manuscripts, Carolingian art - Sculpture and metalwork, Carolingian art - Painting, Carolingian art - Mosaics, Carolingian art - Spolia

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In the native schools of illumination of Western Europe, decoration only was the leading motive. In the manuscripts of the Merovingian period, in the school which connected Frankland and northern Italy, and which is known as Lombardic or Franco-Lombardic, in the manuscripts of Spain, in the productions of the Celtic school of the British Isles, figure-drawing was scarcely known, serving rather as a feature of decoration than as a representation of the human form. The Anglo-Saxon school, developed especially at Canterbury and Wincheste ...

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Forward illumination is provided by main- ("high") and dipped- ("low") beam headlamps, which may be augmented by fog lamps and/or driving lamps. Automotive lighting - Main-beam headlamps. Main article: Headlamp Main-beam headlamps provide a bright, general spread of light into the far distance. As such, they are only suitable for use when alone on the road, as they will dazzle other drivers. They are usually integrated with dipped-beam headlamps. Automotive lighting - Dipped-beam headlam ...

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Automotive lighting, Automotive lighting - Forward illumination, Automotive lighting - Main-beam headlamps, Automotive lighting - Dipped-beam headlamps, Automotive lighting - Driving lamps, Automotive lighting - Front fog lamps, Automotive lighting - Cornering lamps, Automotive lighting - Conspicuity, Automotive lighting - Front position lamps and rear taillamps, Automotive lighting - Rear position lamps, Automotive lighting - Rear registration plate lamp, Automotive lighting - Sidemarker lights and retroreflectors, Automotive lighting - Daytime running lamps, Automotive lighting - Rear fog lamps, Automotive lighting - Signalling, Automotive lighting - Turn signals, Automotive lighting - Stop lamps, Automotive lighting - Reversing lamps

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Phong reflection is a local illumination model devised by Bui Tuong Phong and can produce a certain degree of realism in three-dimensional objects by combining three elements - diffuse, specular and ambient for each considered point on a surface. It has several assumptions - all lights are points, only surface geometry is considered, only local modelling of diffuse and specular, specular colour is the same as light colour, ambient is a global constant. Diffuse, Id = See also:

Phong shading, Phong shading - Phong illumination or reflection model, Phong shading - Phong interpolation

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It is equal to one lumen per square metre. sunlight on an average day ranges from 32 000 (32 klx) to 100 000 lux (100 klx) TV studios are lit at about 1 000 lux (1 klx) a bright office has about 400 lux of illumination At sunset and sunrise, ambient outdoor light is also about 400 lux (if the sky is clear). moonlight represents about 1 lux starlight measures a mere 0.000 05 lux (= 50 μlx) Trivia: Unicode has a symbol for "lx": (㏓), but this is just a legacy code to accommodate old code pages in certain Asian languages, and it is not recomme ...

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