Shadows. The Depiction of Cast Shadows in Western Art.  -  E.H. Gombrich

The Depiction of Cast Shadows in Western Art (National Gallery London Publications)

KORTE INHOUD

Cast shadows have been exploited in art to enhance the impression of the surrounding light as well as that of the solidity of the casting objects. They can contribute to the mood of the scene, and can reveal the presence of features outside the space represented, but as Professor Gombrich points out, they appear only sporadicaly and have been more frequently ignored or suppressed in Western art.
Gombrich touches on the ambiguous nature of shadows in myth, legend, and philosophy, and briefly analyses the fact...
1995 Taal: Engels zie alle details...

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1995 Uitgever: Yale University Press 64 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0300063571 ISBN-13: 9780300063578