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The Semiotics of Light and Shadows - Dr Piotr Sadowski

The Semiotics of Light and Shadows

Modern Visual Arts and Weimar Cinema
Buch | Hardcover
288 Seiten
2017
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-01614-9 (ISBN)
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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.

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
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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