A Short History of the Shadow

Informationen zum Autor Victor I. Stoichita is Professor of Modern Art History at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. He is the author of Visionary Experience in the Golden Age of Spanish Art (1997) and A Short History of the Shadow (1997, 2019), and co-author with Anna-Maria Coderch of Goya: The Last Carnival (1999), all published by Reaktion Books. Klappentext In this investigative tour de force, now available in a new format edition, Victor I. Stoichita untangles the history of one of the most enduring technical and symbolic challenges to confront Western artists - the depiction and meanings of shadows. Zusammenfassung Victor I. Stoichita untangles the depiction and meaning of shadows in Western art.

Product details

• Authors: Victor I. Stoichita, Stoichita Victor I.
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2018
• EAN: 9781780239880
• ISBN: 978-1-78023-988-0
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 215 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art; Theory of art, ART / History / General, ART / Criticism & Theory, History of art / art & design styles, History of Art