Shadows and Enlightenment

Shadows and Enlightenment
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 228
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ISBN-10 : 0300072724
ISBN-13 : 9780300072723
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Book Synopsis Shadows and Enlightenment by : Michael Baxandall

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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