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luminist

1 8.3

Showing the way light looks in paintings or photos

adjective
/ˈluːmɪnɪst/

Specialized

: luminista

In the luminist style, artists focus on how natural light affects the colors and mood of their landscapes.
luminist paintings
luminist landscape

Examples

The luminist style captures the beauty of light in nature.
The artist's luminist paintings capture the delicate changes of sunlight on water.
Critics praised the luminist style of her landscape photographs.
He adopted a luminist approach to highlight the interplay of light and shadow in his work.
Many luminist paintings showcase the interplay of light and shadow.
The artist's use of light in her landscape paintings is clearly luminist, emphasizing sunlight reflecting on the water.
His new collection features several luminist works that beautifully capture the interplay between light and shadow.

Antonyms

shadowy

22 3.3

A place that is partly dark because of shade

Surface Forms

luminist positive

Morphology

luminist = luminism (semi-transparent) = lumin + ist

The suffix '-ist' clearly marks a person associated with the movement or style, but the root 'lumin-' is a specialized combining form not familiar to many learners.

Etymology

Luminist comes from the Latin root lumin 'light', the same root as luminous and illuminate, so it describes a style that focuses on the effects of light in paintings or photographs.