===== 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.\\ 
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**Alternate term**: Chiaroscuro
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An image without shadows or shading.\\ 
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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.\\ 
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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.\\ 
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No shadows/shading.\\ 
<wrap lo>Aubrey Beardsley. //The Fourth Tableau of Das Rheingold//. 1896.</wrap>\\ 
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Shading, but minimal shadows.\\ 
<wrap lo>Edourard Manet. //A Bar at the Folies-Bergeres.// 1881-82.</wrap> \\ 
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Shadows and shading.\\ 
<wrap lo>Jan Vermeer. //The Milkmaid//. c. 1658-60.</wrap>