Quote of the Day | 1029
Art historians have never really explained the appearance of shadows in European art. No art made outside of Europe used shadows. Chinese, Japanese, Persian and Indian – all highly sophisticated image-makers – ignored shadows. Yet they occur in a big way in European art, and in a very big way with the likes of Caravaggio. Whether they offer an accurate reflection is another matter. There is a story about one of the Jesuits who went to China and painted a portrait of the Empress. Her comment on it was: “I can assure you that the right side of my face is the same colour as the left side of my face.”
David Hockney, ‘The mass media has lost its perspective’
[x]#10429 fan maandag 29 oktober 2012 @ 10:58:02
Gelkinghe op 29 oktober 2012 @ 20:56:17
De Chinezen en Japanners deden wel wat met schaduw als theatrale vorm, maar dat is een ander verhaal.