LEADER 03099nam 2200481 450 001 9910813538903321 005 20220627214311.0 010 $a0-300-21006-X 035 $a(CKB)4100000008150892 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4643954 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000008150892 100 $a20140702h20142014 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aShadows $ethe depiction of cast shadows in Western art /$fE.H. Gombrich 205 $aNew edition. 210 1$aNew Haven :$cYale University Press,$d[2014] 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (97 pages) $cillustrations (chiefly color) 300 $a"This book was first published to accompany an exhibition in the Sunley Room at the National Gallery, London, June 1995"--Title page verso. 311 $a0-300-21004-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aForeword / 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. 330 $aCast 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. 606 $aShades and shadows in art 606 $aVisual perception 615 0$aShades and shadows in art. 615 0$aVisual perception. 676 $a701.82 700 $aGombrich$b E. H$g(Ernst Hans),$f1909-2001,$0152050 702 $aMacGregor$b Neil$f1946- 702 $aPenny$b Nicholas$f1949- 712 02$aNational Gallery (Great Britain), 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813538903321 996 $aShadows$91577389 997 $aUNINA