The Semiotics of Light and Shadows
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-01614-9 (ISBN)
In particular, Sadowski highlights the aesthetic and emotional significance of shadows. The 'cast shadow', as an indexical sign, maintains a physical connection with its near-present referent, such as a hidden person, stimulating a viewer’s imagination and provoking responses including anxiety or curiosity. The ‘cinematic shadow’ plays a stylistic role, by enhancing image texture, depth of field, and tonal contrast of cinematic moments. Such enhancements are especially important in monochromatic films, and Sadowski interweaves the book with accounts of seminal Weimar cinema moments.
Sadowski’s book is distinctive for combining historical materials and theoretical approaches to develop a deeper understanding of Weimar cinema and other contemporary art forms. The Semiotics of Light and Shadows is an ideal resource for both scholars and students working in linguistics, semiotics, film, media, and visual arts.
Piotr Sadowski is a lecturer in humanities in Dublin Business School, Ireland. He is also a Visiting Research Fellow in the School of English at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. Sadowski studied English at the University of Warsaw. Since 1991 he lives in Dublin, currently teaching film and drama in Dublin Business School. He is the author of six academic books on systems theory of literature and communication, medieval literature and Shakespeare.
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Natural shadows, represented shadows: from optical phenomena to semiotic signs
2. Light and shadows in visual arts
3. Fixing iconic indexes
4. Light and shadows in early cinema
5. Weimar cinema: Expressionist light and shadows
6. Weimar cinema: light and shadows in the city
Bibliography
Erscheinungsdatum | 04.01.2018 |
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Reihe/Serie | Bloomsbury Advances in Semiotics |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
Gewicht | 585 g |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Erkenntnistheorie / Wissenschaftstheorie | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft | |
Sozialwissenschaften | |
ISBN-10 | 1-350-01614-4 / 1350016144 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-350-01614-9 / 9781350016149 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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