Shadows - The Depiction of Cast Shadows in Western Art

Gombrich, one of the world's foremost art historians, traces how cast shadows have been depicted in Western Art. This intriguing study was first published in 1995, and is now reissued with additional colour illustrations and a new introduction by Nicholas Penny.

About the author

E.H. Gombrich (1909-2001) was director of the Warburg Institute, London, from 1959 until his retirement in 1976. Author of the international bestsellers The Story of Art and A Little History of the World, he received a knighthood in 1972 and the Order of Merit in 1988. Nicholas Penny is director of the National Gallery, London.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: E H Gombrich, E. H. Gombrich, Gombrich E. H.
• Assisted by: Neil MacGregor (Foreword), Penny Nicholas (Introduction)
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.10.2014
• EAN: 9780300210040
• ISBN: 978-0-300-21004-0
• No. of pages: 96
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; ART / History / General, ART / Techniques / Painting, History of art / art & design styles, History of Art, Art techniques & principles, Painting & paintings, The Arts: techniques and principles, Paintings and painting