Show pageBacklinksBack to top This page is read only. You can view the source, but not change it. Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ===== Shadows/Shading ===== **Shadows/Shading** is a [[depth_cues|depth cue]] that combines two elements. The first element is shadows which refers to the use of a cast shadow or shadows within an image. The second element is shading which refers to the use of a range of brightness to create plasticity.\\ \\ **Alternate term**: Chiaroscuro \\ \\ {{a4839.gif?nolink}}\\ An image without shadows or shading.\\ \\ {{68165.jpg?nolink}}\\ Shading added.\\ The result is a sense of volume and form. There is a sense of which parts of the spheres are closer to the viewer and which parts are further from the viewer; the shapes look volumetric - like spheres.\\ \\ {{10a8d.jpg?nolink}}\\ Shadows added.\\ With the addition of shadows, the spheres are now placed on a surface and it is apparent that the right-most sphere is actually closer to the viewer and floating above the ground plane.\\ \\ {{:17372.jpg?nolink|}} \\ No shadows/shading.\\ <wrap lo>Aubrey Beardsley. //The Fourth Tableau of Das Rheingold//. 1896.</wrap>\\ \\ {{87eb5.jpg?nolink}}\\ Shading, but minimal shadows.\\ <wrap lo>Edourard Manet. //A Bar at the Folies-Bergeres.// 1881-82.</wrap> \\ \\ {{ca4b0.jpg?nolink}}\\ Shadows and shading.\\ <wrap lo>Jan Vermeer. //The Milkmaid//. c. 1658-60.</wrap>