Impression, Sunrise 2011-07-23 / UTC15:36:44+0000 Although it seems that the sun is the brightest spot on the canvas, it is in fact, when measured with a photometer, the same brightness or luminance as the sky. Dr. Margaret Livingstone, a professor of neurobiology at Harvard University, said “If you make a black and white copy of Impression: Sunrise, the Sun disappears [almost] entirely.” Find source | Up | Previous | Next