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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.

Shadows

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    A Hardback by E. H. Gombrich, Neil MacGregor, Nicholas Penny

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      Publisher Yale University Press
      Published 23 October 2014
      ISBN-13 9780300210040
      978-0300210040
      ISBN-10 0300210043

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

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