From the shadowed silhouette painted by the legendary Dibutades to paintings of families involved in shadow play.
Berckheyde
With its central role in visual art, light and its source plays a critical role in composition. It’s also one of the challenges to those painting in the studio or in front of the motif.
Was painting ‘invented’ by the maid of Corinth? What is ‘shadow play’, and how have painters extended it to religious works? A short history of shadows in painting.
The Eclectic Light Company 