EbookBell.com

Most ebook files are in PDF format, so you can easily read them using various software such as Foxit Reader or directly on the Google Chrome browser.
Some ebook files are released by publishers in other formats such as .awz, .mobi, .epub, .fb2, etc. You may need to install specific software to read these formats on mobile/PC, such as Calibre.

Please read the tutorial at this link: https://ebookbell.com/faq

We offer FREE conversion to the popular formats you request; however, this may take some time. Therefore, right after payment, please email us, and we will try to provide the service as quickly as possible.

For some exceptional file formats or broken links (if any), please refrain from opening any disputes. Instead, email us first, and we will try to assist within a maximum of 6 hours.

EbookBell Team

Grasping Shadows The Dark Side Of Literature Painting Photography And Film Illustrated William Chapman Sharpe

SKU: BELL-46552170

$ 31.00 ~~$ 45.00~~ (-31%)

4.4

92 reviews

Grasping Shadows The Dark Side Of Literature Painting Photography And Film Illustrated William Chapman Sharpe instant download after payment.

Publisher: Oxford University Press

File Extension: PDF

File size: 196.26 MB

Pages: 440

Author: William Chapman Sharpe

ISBN: 9780190675271, 0190675276

Language: English

Year: 2017

Edition: Illustrated

Product desciption

Grasping Shadows The Dark Side Of Literature Painting Photography And Film Illustrated William Chapman Sharpe by William Chapman Sharpe 9780190675271, 0190675276 instant download after payment.

What's in a shadow? Menace, seduction, or salvation? Immaterial but profound, shadows lurk everywhere in literature and the visual arts, signifying everything from the treachery of appearances to the unfathomable power of God. From Plato to Picasso, from Rembrandt to Welles and Warhol, fromLord of the Ringsto the latest video game, shadows act as central players in the drama of Western culture.
Yet because they work silently, artistic shadows often slip unnoticed past audiences and critics. Conceived as an accessible introduction to this elusive phenomenon,Grasping Shadowsis the first book that offers a general theory of how all shadows function in texts and visual media. Arguing that shadow images take shape within a common cultural field where visual and verbal meanings overlap, William Sharpe ranges widely among classic and modern works, revealing the key motifs that link apparently disparate works such as those by Fra Angelico and James Joyce, Clementina Hawarden and Kara Walker, Charles Dickens and Kumi Yamashita.
Showing how real-world shadows have shaped the meanings of shadow imagery, Grasping Shadows guides the reader through the techniques used by writers and artists to represent shadows from the Renaissance onward. The last chapter traces how shadows impact the art of the modern city, from Renoir and Zola to film noir and projection systems that capture the shadows of passers-by on streets around the globe. Extending his analysis to contemporary street art, popular songs, billboards, and shadow-theatre, Sharpe demonstrates a practical way to grasp the "dark side" that looms all around us.