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Shadows. The depiction of cast shadows in Western art. Reprint

By Nicholas , Gombrich,Ernst,H;MacGregor , Neil;Penny

Book information

Publisher
Yale University Press
Year
2014
ISBN
9780300210040, 0300210043
Language
english
Format
AZW3
Filesize
8 MB (8238484 bytes)
Pages
96 pages\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52

Description

In this intriguing book, E.H. Gombrich, who was one of the world's foremost art historians, traces how cast shadows have been depicted in Western art through the centuries. Gombrich discusses the way shadows were represented - or ignored - by artists from the Renaissance to the 17th century and then describes how Romantic, Impressionist and Surrealist artists exploited the device of the cast shadow to enhance the illusion of realism or drama in their representations. First published to accompany an exhibition at the National Gallery, London, in 1995, it is reissued here with additional colour illustrations and a new introduction by Nicholas Penny.

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