Diaphanous Diaphanous

Diaphanous - Definition and Overview

Related Words: Attenuate, Clear, Crystal, Crystalline, Ethereal, Fine, Light

diaphanous

showing through, transparent, ephemeral, transparent. Etymology: Medieval Latin diaphanus, from Greek diaphanes, from dia'phainein to show through

Art historians have used the term for the description of (mostly sacral) spaces filled with light. More recent architectural debate has focused on atmospheric projections of light and also sound.

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