Shadows and Enlightenment

Author	: Michael Baxandall
Publisher	: Yale University Press
Total Pages	: 228
Release	: 1997-01-01
ISBN-10	: 0300072724
ISBN-13	: 9780300072723
Rating	: 4/5 (24 Downloads)

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Download or read book Shadows and Enlightenment written by Michael Baxandall and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shadows are holes in light. We see them all the time, and sometimes we notice them, but their part in our visual experience of the world is mysterious. In this book, an art historian draws on contemporary cognitive science, eighteenth-century theories of visual perception, and art history to discuss shadows and the visual knowledge they can offer.

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