Both Uses of
ethereal
in
The Da Vinci Code
- Painted on a poplar wood panel, her ethereal, mist-filled atmosphere was attributed to Da Vinci's mastery of the sfumato style, in which forms appear to evaporate into one another.†
Chpt 25-26 *
- The beauty of the Grail lies in her ethereal nature.†
Chpt 105
Definition:
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(ethereal) characterized by an air-like insubstantiality
or:
so delicate and insubstantial that it barely seems of this world -- often beautiful