Shadows: The Depiction of Cast Shadows in Western Art Tapa dura - 2014

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Yale Univ Pr, 2014. Hardcover. New. new edition. 96 pages. 9.25x8.25x0.75 inches.

Hardback. New. 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.

Hardback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; 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 i

New Haven-London, Yale University Press. 1995. Original publisher's gray cloth spine, silver title spine, paper-covered boards, pictorial dustjacket, square 8vo: frontispiece, 70pp., & 70 coloured plates, captions, chapternotes & references, acknowledgements, index names, credits, table of contents. Very fine copy - as new.

New Haven : Yale University Press, 1995. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine copy in the original cloth-backed illustrated boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. 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"". Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. Subjects: Shades and shadows in art; Visual perception; Exhibition Catalogues; Paintings; Art Criticism.

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New edition by Yale University Press (2014). With a Foreword by Neil MacGregor and an Introduction by Nicholas Penny. New, never used. Ships immediately.

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