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A short history of shadows in paintings 2

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Telling a story using shadows, and the nineteenth century controversy over the colour of shadows.

November 21, 2021 General, Life, Painting

A short history of shadows in paintings 1

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From the shadowed silhouette painted by the legendary Dibutades to paintings of families involved in shadow play.

November 20, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Out of darkness, light: The development of chiaroscuro 2

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Used by Joseph Wright of Derby to symbolise knowledge coming from darkness, by Henry Fuseli for the mysterious even supernatural, and Millet and van Gogh for poverty.

December 16, 2018 General, Life, Painting

Out of darkness, light: The development of chiaroscuro 1

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A whirlwind trip through the history of compositional chiaroscuro, from the Renaissance, through Caravaggio and Artemisia Gentileschi, to Rembrandt.

December 15, 2018 General, Life, Painting

Out of the Shadows: Limits and controversy

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Why do Canaletto’s gondolas not have shadows? Where did Cézanne get his shadows wrong, and why, and what colour are shadows really?

November 4, 2018 General, Life, Painting

Out of the Shadows: Form and figures

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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.

November 3, 2018 General, Life, Painting

Making space: 3 Texture, shading, and shadow

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Considers the role of texture and detail gradient, shading and shadow in the depiction of depth in paintings.

April 21, 2015 Painting
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