Shadows : the depiction of cast shadows in Western art / E.H. Gombrich.

Main entry:

Gombrich, E. H. (Ernst Hans), 1909-2001.

Title & Author:

Shadows : the depiction of cast shadows in Western art / E.H. Gombrich.

Publication:

London : National Gallery Publications ; [New Haven] : Distributed by Yale University Press, 1995.

Description:

64 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Notes:
"This book was published to accompany an exhibition in the Sunley Room at The National Gallery, London, 26 April-18 June 1995"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (page 60) and index.

Summary:

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 factors governing their shape: the location and form of the light source, the shape of the illuminated object and that of the surface on which the shadow falls, and the position of the viewer. Early Renaissance painters such as Masaccio and Campin, intent on a faithful rendering of visual reality, did incorporate shadows in their art, but artists of Leonardo's time largely avoided painting them, and it was not until early in the seventeenth century that painters - particualrly Caravaggio and Rembrandt - were again interested in the effects of shadows. In subsequent centuries artists of the Romantic, Impressionist and Surrealist movements exploited the device of the cast shadow to enhance the realism or drama of their images.

ISBN:

0300063571
9780300063578
1857090918
9781857090918

Subject:

Shades and shadows in art Exhibitions.
Visual perception Exhibitions.
Ombres dans l'art Expositions.
Perception visuelle Expositions.
Shades and shadows in art
Visual perception
Schaduwbeelden.
Beeldende kunsten.
Ombres Dans l'art Catalogues d'exposition.
Perception visuelle Catalogues d'exposition.
Londres Expositions 1995.
Arts and crafts.
Art and Design.
Paintings.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
Exhibition publications.
exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

National Gallery (Great Britain)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 119226
Call No.: ID N8243.S5 G6; ID:95-B1798
Status: Available

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