Sentences with phrase «visual heft»

"Visual heft" refers to the perceived weight or significance of an image or object based on how it appears visually. It suggests that something looks or feels substantial, impactful, or important when seen visually. Full definition
A braided leather mirror adds visual heft.
Vivid images from the exhibition permeate the entire volume giving visual heft to essays by Jones; Carbone; Connie H. Choi, research associate in the Arts of the Americas and Europe at the Brooklyn Museum; and Cynthia A. Young, director of the African and African Diaspora Studies Program and associate professor of English at Boston College.
A former high school basketball player who savors the physicality of both sports and of making paintings, Fishman explains that, if she «can get past the rectangle» — a typical painting's format, which to her suggests the landscape genre — and deftly handle the «weight,» or the perceived visual heft or presence of a work - in - progress, she can better enjoy the creative process that then unfolds.
According to the builder, Alex Quick, its double thickness of white countertops similarly provides for visual heft that is harmonious with the volume of the kitchen space and in keeping with the ambiance of the home.
Jones devotes a lot of time to creating raised rough and scumbled textural effects that add visual heft and gravitas to the work.
You see a bright line or fiery cloud run across an enemy, but there's still no connecting animation, no visual heft or interest to the proceedings.
What with DICE recently calling in to question the current console's visual heft, we've wondered how long we've left of the PS3 and 360's life - cycle.
The light - as - air look of wire dining chairs and a Philippe Starck Louis Ghost chair offset the visual heft of the rosewood table, while a triptych by Yves Gaucher supports the symmetry of the windows.
Here, a large - scale ornamental entry arbor gives this tiny side yard some visual heft.
It's a small but mighty design detail that lightens the visual heft of the wood cabinet, and makes the overall space less rigid and softer.
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