"The eastern light our spires touch at morning,
The light that slants upon our western doors at evening,
The twilight over stagnant pools at batflight,
Moon light and star light, owl and moth light,
Glow-worm glowlight on a grassblade.
O Light Invisible, we worship Thee!"
T.S. Eliot

List of Plates

Below is the complete list of plates that form part of the current exhibit at the Cal Poly Performing Arts Center. Printed programs will be available in the lobby at the entry level throughout the duration of the show. You can download a Word version of the printed program here >> Program [.doc]

Plate No.Description
1. The Mountain Meadow, The First Piazza - Yosemite Valley, California - 1982
2.-4. Backlighting: Trees Defining the Way - Castiglione della Pescaia - 1986
5.-10. Backlighting: Dawn Breaking in Camogli - Riviera Ligure - 1988
11.-16. Mixed Reflection: Site and Light - Pitigliano - 1986
17. Light Scattering in the Haze: On the Road to Gubbio - Region of Umbria - 1984
18. Color in Light: Sunset and the Skyline of Siena - 1986
19. Polarization: Porta all'Arco - Volterra - 1987
20. "Moments of LIGHT": via di Città - Siena - 1988
21. Transmission of Light and Stars in the Street Siena - 1988
22. Reflection – Absorption - Glare: via del Castello - San Gimignano - 1983
23. Cast Shadow in the Alleyway: Pitigliano - 1987
24. Transmission of Light in the Alleyway: Pitigliano - 1987
25. "Moments" of Light: Piazza Garibaldi - Massa Marittima - 1988
25. "Moments" of Light via di Città - Siena - 1987




26. Sidelighting: "The 13th C. Seat Edict" - Palazzo Chigi - via di Città - Siena - 1987
27. Reflection - Polarization - Glare: Croce del Travaglio - Siena - 1986
28. "Grazing" and Sidelighting: Palazzo del Magnifico - Siena - 1983
29.-31. Sidelighting: via Stalloreggi - Siena - 1986
32.-34. "Grazing" and Sidelighting: Birds inScaffolding Holes - Palazzo Tolomei - Piazza Tolomei - Siena - 1986
35. Sidelighting: Ornamentation: The Shield of Christ - Palazzo Pubblico - Siena - 1987
36. Sidelighting: Ornamentation: The Gothic Triparte Window - Palazzo Pubblico - Siena - 1987
37. Sidelighting: Ornamentation: The Medici Crest Palazzo Pubblico - Siena - 1987
38. "Grazing" in Moments of Light: "The Owl"- Pitigliano - 1992
39. "Grazing" in Moments of Light: via di Città - Siena - 1987
40. Late Day Sunlight: Esplanade "Vista" Point - Vetulonia - 1988
41. Sidelighting: Piazza della Repubblica - Isola del Giglio - Mediterranean - 1983
42. Backlighting: Palazzo Pretorio - Piazza della Signoria-Gubbio - 1984
43. Uplighting: Portofino Harbor - Portofino - 1983
44. Indirect Light: Children on the Bench - Piazza Marinara - Portofino - 1983
45. Diffuse Transmission of Light: Urban Drapery - Piazza San Marco - Venice - 1985
46. Indirect Light: Senior Citizens on the Bench - Piazza Marinara - Portofino - 1983
47. Late Day Light: Portofino Walls - Portofino - Italian Riviera - 1988
48. "Washing" and Frontlighting: Piazza del Mercato - Siena - 1983
49. "Washing" with Diffused Light: Torcello Canal - Torcello - Veneto -1985




50. "Washing" with Diffused Light: Piazza S. Margarita - Montefiascone - 1984
51. The Sky and the Tower: The Courtyard of the Mayor - Palazzo Pubblico - Siena - 1988
52. Toplighting: Interior of Il Duomo - S. Maria Assunta - Siena - 1988
53. Reflective Facade: Il Duomo - Piazza Ducale - Vigevano - 1984
54. Reflective Facade: Campanile e Santuario della Santa Casa - Piazza della Madonna - Loreto - 1983
55. Reflective Facade: Il Duomo - Piazza del Duomo - Orvieto - 1987
56. Reflective Facade: Church of Saint Michael - Lucca - 1987
57. Reflective Facade: Il Duomo - Piazza del Duomo - Florence - 1983
58. Reflective Facade: Il Duomo - S. Maria della Assunta - Piazza del Duomo - Siena - 1983
59. Reflected Color in Light and Projected Shadow - Chianti Wall - Castellina in Chianti - 1987
60. Reflected Color in Light - Chianti Door - Panzano in Chianti - 1987
61. Reflected Color in Light and Flora - Chianti Country - Province of Siena - 1987
62. Indirect Light: Pozzo di San Patrizio - Orvieto - 1990
63. Direct Light Pozzo di San Patrizio - Orvieto - 1990
64. Reflection in the Window of "Fonte Gaia": Palazzo Pubblico - Piazza del Campo - Siena - 1984
65. "As the sky darkens the light disappears": Palazzo Pubblico - Piazza del Campo - Siena - 1984
66. "Specular Reflection" and the Tower Shadow - The Parabolic Reflective Wall of the Campo - Siena - 1988
67. Reflective Tower: "Pillars of LIGHT": Piazza Postierla: Siena - 1987
68. Mixed Reflection of Light: A Rainy Morning - Piazza del Campo - Siena - 1988
69. Absorption of Light: "The Link" between Nature and Gothic Architecture - El Capitan / Mangia Tower - Siena - 1982-1987
70. Absorption of Light: Piazza del Campo I - Siena - 1987
71. Absorption of Light: Piazza del Campo II - Siena - 1987
72. Absorption of Light: Piazza del Campo III - Siena - 1987
73. Absorption of Light: Yosemite Valley - California - 1982
74. Mach Band: "The Priest and Friend" - Piazza del Campo - Siena - 1983
74. Mach Band: "Friends Walking Along the Shadow" - Siena - 1983




74. Mach Band: "Two Generations Enjoy the Sun and Shadow" - Siena - 1983
75. Mach Band: Men Sitting in the Shade - Palazzo Vescovile - Piazza Pio II - Pienza - 1986
76. Mach Band: Man Reading the News in the Sun -1987
76. Mach Band: Man Reading the News in the Shadow - 1987
77. Mach Band: "Woman and the Birds" - Piazza del Campo - Siena - 1983
78. Diffused Light: Woman in Black – Piazza Pio II - Pienza - 1983
79. Toplighting: Woman at the Cathedral - Montepulciano - 1984
80. Direct Light: Woman at the Saracen Joust Tournament: Piazza Grande - Arezzo - 1987
81. Direct Light: Men Watching the Flag Throwing: Piazza Grande - Arezzo - 1987
82. Direct Light: Family at the Saracen Joust Tournament: Piazza Grande - Arezzo - 1987
83. Uplighting: The Night of the Palio - Palazzo Pubblico - Piazza del Campo - Siena - 1984
84. The Last Light of the Day: The Palio Parade - Piazza del Campo - Siena - 1984
85. Bernardo Rossellino Well: Piazza Pio II - Pienza - 1984
86. The Community Well: Piazza Pio II - Pienza - 1984
87. Silhouette: Woman and Buggy – Piazza del Campo - Siena - 1986
88. Silhouette: Bird in the Fountain - Fontana Grande - Piazza Novembre IV - Perugia - 1987
89. Backlighting: Palazzo Pubblico - Piazza del Campo - Siena - 1983
90. With and Without the Tower Shadow: Costarella - Siena - 1983
91. Time-Lapse Sequence: Piazza del Campo - Siena - 1/9/1983
92. Reflection and Refraction: The Great Shell and Drain - Piazza del Campo - Siena - 1987
93. Mimetic Ornamentation: The Shell and the Drinking Fountain: Piazza del Campo - Siena - 1990
94. Filtration of the Light: Two over Two - Piazza del Campo - Siena - 1985
95. Filtration of the Light: Umbrellas and Awnings I - Piazza del Campo - Siena - 1985
96. Filtration of the Light: Umbrellas and Awnings II - Piazza del Campo - Siena - 1985
97. Filtration of the Light: Umbrellas and "Time" - Piazza del Campo - Siena - 1986
98.-100. People Enjoying the Morning Sunlight: Fonte Gaia - Piazza del Campo - Siena - 1987




101.-106. Morning Light: Piazza del Campo - Siena - 1987
107. Evening Light: Sunflowers: Life and Death and the Continuity of Life - Province of Siena - 1986
108.-110. The Cornfield: Province of Siena - 1986
111.-113. The Earth and the Trees: Torrenieri - Pienza - 1987
114.-116. Late Day Light: Afternoon Storm on the Road to Asciano - Senese Countryside - 1987
117. "As pines keep the shape of the wind even when the wind has fled and is no longer there, so words [or walls] guard the shape of man even when man has fled and is no longer there." Seferis
117a. A Morning Light: The Wind, the Tree and the Meadow - Los Osos Valley - California - 1981
118. "Twilight" Crepuscular Rays: The Pyramids of Tuscany - 1984
119. "Twilight" Crepuscular Rays: The Valley Town - Swiss-Italian Alps - 1984
120.-121. Late Day Light: The Countryside on the Road to Gubbio - Umbria - 1986
122.-125. "Earth to Earth, Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust," - Piazza del Campo and Senese Countryside - 1983/1987
126. Mixed Reflected Light and Shadow: Woman Meandering in the "Meadow" - Piazza del Campo - Siena - 1992
127. Specular Reflection: "Moving across the Meadow" - Piazza del Campo - Siena - 1992
128. "Heavenly" Flare: Meandering through "the Meadow" Piazza del Campo - Siena - 1992
129. Camera Flare: "A Heavenly Phenomenon" - Outside the Walls of Siena - Siena - 1992
130. Haze: A Simple Farm Building – Outside the Walls of Siena - Siena - 1992




131. Diffused Light: Stairway to #94 - Siena Countryside - 1992
132. Direct Light: Stairs in the Sunlight - Pitigliano - 1992
133. Diffused Light: The Blue Door - Grotte di Castro - 1992
134. Sidelighting: The Tree, the first Tower - Tintinnano Fortress - Rocca d’Orcia - 1992
135. Absorption of Light: Before the Night is Over - Pitigliano - 1992
136. Absorption of Light: The Beginning of the Day - Pitigliano - 1992
137. Diffused Light: The Link between Nature and Community - Pitigliano - 1992
138. Reflected Color in Light: The Cloister - San Galgano - 1992
139. Soft Light: Reflected Image – Chioggia - The Veneto - 1992
140. Direct Light: The Old Greek Lion - Solunto Sicily - 1992
141. Sidelighting: "Life is but a Shadow on the Land"
142.-143. Afternoon Light: "The Beginning of the Earth" - Century Drive - Oregon - 1993
144.-145. Afternoon Light: "The Beginnings" - The Meadow, The First Piazza - Century Drive - Oregon - 1992