The Complete Book of Hand Shadows

Author: Louis Nikola
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486811220
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 113

Book Description
Generations of entertainers have amused audiences of children and adults with the art of hand shadows, using only a light source and their own two hands to form immediately recognizable profiles of people and animals. Lovers of nostalgia and aspiring hand shadow artists will delight in this facsimile of a 1913 book, which features more than 50 hand shadows. These quaint illustrations depict many different types of shadows, from swans, rabbits, and other animals to historic figures and fictional characters. Each hand shadow is accompanied by a description of specific hand positioning and an illustration. Additional helpful tips include instructions on lighting, projection screens, and hand exercises.

The Art of Hand Shadows

Author: Albert Almoznino
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486418766
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 68

Book Description
Clear explanations and over 70 illustrations demonstrate how to position your hands to make lifelike shadows of a lumbering dinosaur, a pair of playful monkeys, an eagle taking flight, a cat scratching itself, a howling wolf, a neighing horse, a dog that eats a rabbit, and many other figures.

Hand Shadows

Author: Louis Nikola
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Shadow shows
Languages : en
Pages : 118

Book Description

Fun with Hand Shadows

Author: Frank Jacobs
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486291766
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 68

Book Description
This charming book shows you how to have fun with a pastime that has delighted children and adults for generations: making shadow pictures on the wall with your hands and fingers. Selected from the pages of two clever 19th-century picture books, 28 hand-shadow illustrations demonstrate how to create marvelous images of a goose, deer (with antlers), birds, a bunny, a dog, an elephant, a tortoise, and a host of other familiar creatures. For extra enjoyment, the illustrations are accompanied by lively, often hilarious verses by Frank Jacobs, whose zany humor and wacky parodies have appeared in numerous publications. With this book and a bit of practice , you'll soon be delighting friends and relatives with an entertaining performance of shadow art.

The Classic Art of Hand Shadows

Author:
Publisher: Algrove Publishing
ISBN: 9781897030639
Category : Shadow-pictures
Languages : en
Pages : 53

Book Description

The Little Book Of Hand Shadows

Author: Phila H. Webb
Publisher: Running Press
ISBN: 9780894718526
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Discover the timeless magic of hand shadows through this charming volume. With only a light, a wall, and your hands, you can bring to life Old King Cole and his jester, a moose, a panther, a kangaroo, and many other delightful characters. This book, created and drawn by Phila H. Webb with verses by Jane Corby, is reprinted and adapted from the original edition, first published in 1927.

The Art of Hand Shadows

Author: Albert Almoznino
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781635613339
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description

Fun Hand Shadows For Kids

Author: J. B. Books Ltd
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781544655185
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 46

Book Description
This hand shadows for kids book is packed with over 40 astonishing hand shadow puppets for kids! Guaranteed to keep any child entertained for hours the hand shadow puppets in this book will astound the entire family. Filled with amazing hand shadows that are suitable for all ages, even the adults will enjoy these epic shadow puppets! All you need is your hands! Easy to follow illustrations allow any child to master the ancient art of hand shadows!

Short History of the Shadow

Author: Victor I. Stoichita
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 9781861890009
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 268

Book Description
Looks at the depiction and meaning of shadows in the history of Western art

Grasping Shadows

Author: William Chapman Sharpe
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190682264
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 441

Book Description
What's in a shadow? Menace, seduction, or salvation? Immaterial but profound, shadows lurk everywhere in literature and the visual arts, signifying everything from the treachery of appearances to the unfathomable power of God. From Plato to Picasso, from Rembrandt to Welles and Warhol, from Lord of the Rings to the latest video game, shadows act as central players in the drama of Western culture. Yet because they work silently, artistic shadows often slip unnoticed past audiences and critics. Conceived as an accessible introduction to this elusive phenomenon, Grasping Shadows is the first book that offers a general theory of how all shadows function in texts and visual media. Arguing that shadow images take shape within a common cultural field where visual and verbal meanings overlap, William Sharpe ranges widely among classic and modern works, revealing the key motifs that link apparently disparate works such as those by Fra Angelico and James Joyce, Clementina Hawarden and Kara Walker, Charles Dickens and Kumi Yamashita. Showing how real-world shadows have shaped the meanings of shadow imagery, Grasping Shadows guides the reader through the techniques used by writers and artists to represent shadows from the Renaissance onward. The last chapter traces how shadows impact the art of the modern city, from Renoir and Zola to film noir and projection systems that capture the shadows of passers-by on streets around the globe. Extending his analysis to contemporary street art, popular songs, billboards, and shadow-theatre, Sharpe demonstrates a practical way to grasp the "dark side" that looms all around us.