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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Sharpe, William (1951-....)
Titre(s) : Grasping shadows [Texte imprimé] : the dark side of literature, painting, photography, and film / William Chapman Sharpe
Publication : New York : Oxford university press, 2017
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XVII-420 p.) : ill. ; 26 cm
Comprend : Introduction: the shadow landscape ; The shadow speaks ; The vital shadow ; The
look-elsewhere shadow ; The completing shadow ; The independent shadow ; City of
shadows
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"With the shadow's seductive associations to sexuality, mystery, danger, intangible
power, and death, the use of shadows as artistic technique saturates both classic
and modern art forms, and yet the practice remains almost invisible. As the first
full-length study of art shadows in over a decade, Grasping Shadows ranges from classic
works by Rembrandt, Dickens, Picasso, Disney, and Warhol to contemporary street art,
popular songs, billboards, and architecture to propose a general theory of how all
shadows function in texts and visual media, ultimately offering four main categories.
Sharpe explores the diverse ways shadows appear in literature, painting, photography,
and film, insisting that literary and visual meanings of shadows cannot be separated,
and that art-shadows must be analyzed as part of a cultural field in which words and
images continually overlap and reinforce each other's meanings. Beginning with a summary
of scholarship to date, the introduction addresses how real-world shadows function,
and gives an overview of the strategies involved in representing shadows from the
Renaissance onward. The first chapter sets out a theory of how the meanings of shadows
are generated. Subsequent chapters, each centered on an influential literary text,
explore in detail the four kinds of shadows that visual artists and writers use. The
last chapter presents a case study of how shadows have impacted the art of the modern
city, from Renoir and Zola to film noir to advanced projection systems capturing the
shadows of passers-by on streets around the globe. The book concludes with a philosophical
meditation on how living with shadows enriches everyday life. " ; "Grasping Shadows
is the most comprehensive book to date on the artistic use of cast shadows, the first
to offer a general theory of how all shadows function in texts and visual images.
Accessibly written, it gives new insight into classic works while also exploring contemporary
street art, popular songs, and advertising"
Sujet(s) : Ombres -- Dans la littérature
Ombres -- Dans l'art
Littérature -- Esthétique
Esthétique
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780190675271. - ISBN 0190675276 (rel.). - ISBN 9780190682262 (erroné) (epub)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45316776h
Notice n° :
FRBNF45316776
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
