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ISBN-10: 1780239882
ISBN-13: 9781780239880
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Publish Date: 02/14/2019
Dimensions: 8.40" L, 5.50" W, 0.80" H

A Short History of the Shadow

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In this investigative tour de force, Victor I. Stoichita untangles the history of one of the most enduring technical and symbolic challenges to confront Western artists: the depiction and meaning of shadows. Stoichita’s compelling and expansive account draws on texts by Renaissance artist-authors such as Vasari and Cennini, folk and fairy tales, and classical myths; works by van Eyck, Poussin, Malevich, De Chirico, and Picasso, among other masters; as well as German Expressionist cinema, photography, and child psychology. It is a wholly original investigation of a subject that for centuries has challenged the very meaning of art as representation.

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"[Stoichita] shows how shadows are deftly used, among other purposes, to suggest the ambiguity of the human psyche."–Lee Adair Lawrence "Washington Times"
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Details

ISBN-10: 1780239882
ISBN-13: 9781780239880
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Publish Date: 02/14/2019
Dimensions: 8.40" L, 5.50" W, 0.80" H
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