He now came to see through illumination (Ishraq) what he had previously learnt theoretically from books.

Christine de Pizan combined contemporary images through illumination with new humanistic values typically associated with print.

Henningsen became part of the group Bogstaveligheden, a forum for the Realists' humanitarian ideals about creating a better society through illumination and debate.

Visualization of the sample plane is usually accomplished through illumination via a separate light source coupled into the optical path in the opposite direction using dichroic mirrors.