Illumination, an observable property and effect of light, may also refer to:
- Illumination (lighting), the use of light sources
- Illumination (image), the use of light and shadow in art
- Illuminated manuscript, the artistic decoration of hand-written texts
- Global illumination, algorithms used in computer graphics to add realistic lighting to 3D scenes
- Light (theology), Illumination in theological terms, is spiritual information or wisdom, as transmitted through spiritual means such as through divine presence
Famous quotes containing the word illumination:
“I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in providence, for the illumination of the ignorant and the emancipation of the slavish part of mankind all over the earth.”
—John Adams (1735–1826)
“When we want culture more than potatoes, and illumination more than sugar-plums, then the great resources of a world are taxed and drawn out, and the result, or staple production, is, not slaves, nor operatives, but men,—those rare fruits called heroes, saints, poets, philosophers, and redeemers.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)