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- catalog abstract "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.".
- catalog alternative "Depiction of cast shadows in western art".
- catalog contributor b7732973.
- catalog contributor b7732974.
- catalog created "1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1995.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 60) and index.".
- catalog extent "64 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0300063571".
- catalog identifier "1857090918".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London : National Gallery Publications ; [New Haven] : Distributed by Yale University Press,".
- catalog subject "Art Technique Exhibitions.".
- catalog subject "N8243.S36 G66 1995".
- catalog subject "Shades and shadows in art Exhibitions.".
- catalog subject "Visual perception Exhibitions.".
- catalog title "Depiction of cast shadows in western art".
- catalog title "Shadows : the depiction of cast shadows in western art / E.H. Gombrich.".
- catalog type "Exhibition catalogs. fast".
- catalog type "text".