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The semiotics of light and shadows : modern visual arts and Weimar cinema /

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2019.Description: xvi, 272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781350119017
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • REF 791.43094309042 Sa15
Summary: Lighting and shadows are used within a range of art forms to create aesthetic effects. Piotr Sadowski's study of light and shadow in Weimar cinema and contemporaneous visual arts is underpinned by the evolutionary semiotic theories of indexicality and iconicity. These theories explain the unique communicative and emotive power of light and shadow when used in contemporary indexical media including the shadow theatre, silhouette portraits, camera obscura, photography and film.
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Lighting and shadows are used within a range of art forms to create aesthetic effects. Piotr Sadowski's study of light and shadow in Weimar cinema and contemporaneous visual arts is underpinned by the evolutionary semiotic theories of indexicality and iconicity. These theories explain the unique communicative and emotive power of light and shadow when used in contemporary indexical media including the shadow theatre, silhouette portraits, camera obscura, photography and film.

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