Stoichita's compelling account untangles the history of one of the most enduring challenges to beset Western art - the depiction and meanings of shadows. "discriminating, inspired interrogation ... dazzling analysis"-Marina Warner, Tate Magazine...
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Stoichita's compelling account untangles the history of one of the most enduring challenges to beset Western art - the depiction and meanings of shadows. "discriminating, inspired interrogation ... dazzling analysis"-Marina Warner, Tate Magazine "Ambitious and a pleasure to read ... a thoroughly worthwhile book."-Times Higher Education Supplement. A Short History of the Shadow Cover -- Imprint page -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Shadow Stage -- 2. The Shadow of the Flesh -- 3. A Shadow on the Painting -- 4. Around 'The Uncanny' -- 5. Man and his Doubles -- 6. Of Shadow and its Reproducibility during the Photographic Era -- 7. In the Shadow of the Eternal Shadow -- References -- List of Illustrations.
