la cui materia è generalmente apprezzata per

English translation: whose nature is generally appreciated

16:56 Nov 4, 2015

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Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting / Article on lighting artwork

Italian term or phrase: la cui materia è generalmente apprezzata per

How would you translate materia correctly in this sentence? It doesn't make sense to me! Thanks.

La sensibilità e l’attenzione necessarie nel progetto d’illuminazione di qualsiasi opera d’arte diventano massime quando la sfida è quella di restituire volume, profondità e minuzia dei dettagli di un’opera la cui materia è generalmente apprezzata per la capacità di scomparire.
Lo stupore di fronte alla bellezza di una realizzazione imponente ma al contempo delicata e leggera - insieme alla consapevolezza di trovarsi di fronte ad un’opera unica che ha richiesto anni di lavoro da parte di eccellenti artigiani - hanno spinto le lighting designer Sara Moroni e Laura Rottoli ad individuare una soluzione illuminotecnica completamente integrata nell’architettura, che rispecchiasse la visione dell’artista e restituisse all’osservatore la complessità della composizione.

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English translation:whose nature is generally appreciated

Explanation:
I think they are talking about the material nature of glass which normally is prized for being transparent. This huge glass panel (window?) would be hard to light artistically because parts are opaque, translucent, transparent, etc and there are probably different competing light sources.
By the way, "materia" is one of those Italian words that seems to encompass some kind of intangible, poetic meaning but I think we actually have plenty of words that can cover the same ground.

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Thanks all - I like Phil's suggestion as it sounds less like a translation.
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Thanks all - I like Phil's suggestion as it sounds less like a translation.

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