中文简介：

在这本引人入胜的书中，E.H.贡布里希（E.H.Gombrich）是世界上最重要的艺术历史学家之一，他追溯了几个世纪以来西方艺术中描绘投影的方式。贡布里希讨论了文艺复兴时期至17世纪艺术家们再现或忽视影子的方式，也描述了浪漫主义、印象派和超现实主义艺术家利用投影装置来增强其表现中的现实主义或戏剧幻象的方式。该书于1995年在伦敦国家美术馆首次随展出版，此次再版新增了彩色插图和学者尼古拉斯·彭尼（Nicholas Penny）的新介绍。

英文简介：

In this intriguing book, E.H. Gombrich, who was one of the world's foremost art historians, traces how cast shadows have been depicted in Western art through the centuries. Gombrich discusses the way shadows were represented―or ignored―by artists from the Renaissance to the 17th century and then describes how Romantic, Impressionist, and Surrealist artists exploited the device of the cast shadow to enhance the illusion of realism or drama in their representations. First published to accompany an exhibition at the National Gallery, London, in 1995, it is reissued here with additional color illustrations and a new introduction by esteemed scholar Nicholas Penny.