William Vaughan is one of the leading historians of Romantic Art in the world. Currently Emeritius Professor of History of Art at Birkbeck College, University of London, he also lives in Somerset.

Select Guide Rating

• Introduction 1 Shadows in Nature The Naming of Parts 2 3-D Shadows and Ambient Light 4 How Do We See Shadows? 6 Night The Earths Shadow 8 Eclipses Shadows of the Sun and Moon 10 Measuring Time Sundials 12 Spatial Calculations and Revealing the Invisible 14 Shadows in the Mind The Shadow and the Soul 16 In Platos Cave 18 Melancholia 20 Fairy Tales and Popular Culture 22 Psychology Freud, Jung and the Archetype 24 In Praise of Shadows 26 Shadows in Art The Origins of Art 28 Skiagraphia Shadows and Illusion 30 Shadows in Sculpture 32 The Rebirth of the Shadow 34 Drawing shadows 36 Shadow in Architecture 38 Caravaggio and Chiaruscuro 40 Rembrandt and the Ambient Shadow 42 The Enlightenment Lavater and Silhouette Portraiture 44 Chinese Shadows 46 The Magic Lantern 48 Romantics and Other Mysterious Shadows 50 The Shadow in Modern Art 52 Filmic Shadows 54 Shadows and Paradox 56 Ending 58

William Vaughan is one of the leading historians of Romantic Art in the world. Currently Emeritius Professor of History of Art at Birkbeck College, University of London, he also lives in Somerset.

Select Guide Rating

• Introduction 1 Shadows in Nature The Naming of Parts 2 3-D Shadows and Ambient Light 4 How Do We See Shadows? 6 Night The Earths Shadow 8 Eclipses Shadows of the Sun and Moon 10 Measuring Time Sundials 12 Spatial Calculations and Revealing the Invisible 14 Shadows in the Mind The Shadow and the Soul 16 In Platos Cave 18 Melancholia 20 Fairy Tales and Popular Culture 22 Psychology Freud, Jung and the Archetype 24 In Praise of Shadows 26 Shadows in Art The Origins of Art 28 Skiagraphia Shadows and Illusion 30 Shadows in Sculpture 32 The Rebirth of the Shadow 34 Drawing shadows 36 Shadow in Architecture 38 Caravaggio and Chiaruscuro 40 Rembrandt and the Ambient Shadow 42 The Enlightenment Lavater and Silhouette Portraiture 44 Chinese Shadows 46 The Magic Lantern 48 Romantics and Other Mysterious Shadows 50 The Shadow in Modern Art 52 Filmic Shadows 54 Shadows and Paradox 56 Ending 58

William Vaughan is one of the leading historians of Romantic Art in the world. Currently Emeritius Professor of History of Art at Birkbeck College, University of London, he also lives in Somerset.

Select Guide Rating

• Introduction 1 Shadows in Nature The Naming of Parts 2 3-D Shadows and Ambient Light 4 How Do We See Shadows? 6 Night The Earths Shadow 8 Eclipses Shadows of the Sun and Moon 10 Measuring Time Sundials 12 Spatial Calculations and Revealing the Invisible 14 Shadows in the Mind The Shadow and the Soul 16 In Platos Cave 18 Melancholia 20 Fairy Tales and Popular Culture 22 Psychology Freud, Jung and the Archetype 24 In Praise of Shadows 26 Shadows in Art The Origins of Art 28 Skiagraphia Shadows and Illusion 30 Shadows in Sculpture 32 The Rebirth of the Shadow 34 Drawing shadows 36 Shadow in Architecture 38 Caravaggio and Chiaruscuro 40 Rembrandt and the Ambient Shadow 42 The Enlightenment Lavater and Silhouette Portraiture 44 Chinese Shadows 46 The Magic Lantern 48 Romantics and Other Mysterious Shadows 50 The Shadow in Modern Art 52 Filmic Shadows 54 Shadows and Paradox 56 Ending 58