Shadows : : the depiction of cast shadows in Western art / / E.H. Gombrich.
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...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New Haven : : Yale University Press,, [2014] 2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Edition: | New edition. |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (97 pages) :; illustrations (chiefly color) |
| Notes: | "This book was first published to accompany an exhibition in the Sunley Room at the National Gallery, London, June 1995"--Title page verso. |
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword / by Neil MacGregor
- Introduction / by Nicholas Penny
- Aspects of cast shadows: The art historian's eye ; Cast shadows and the laws of optics ; The shadow in myth and legend ; Observations on cast shadows in the history of painting
- Artistic functions of cast shadows: Illustrated by paintings in the National Gallery.