Seeing Light

Light Sources

Where the light comes from and what kind it is

The same objects look different under every light. Direction, size and number of sources each change the pattern of light and dark.

• Direction of Light
• Hard and Soft Light
• Backlight
• Candlelight
• Two Lights at Once

Works in this part

• Sewing the Sail
• The Magdalen with the Smoking Flame
• An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump
• Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose

Image: Internet Archive · Public domain (published before 1931)