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Illuminating the Night
What do Piero della Francesca’s Dream of Constantine and Edward Hopper’s
Summer
Evening have in common with the films The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and The
Night of
the Hunter? This program analyzes the lights that illuminate the night—from
candles
and street lights, to the moon, to Ingo Maurer’s hologram of a neon-rendered
light
bulb—and the way artists make use of them to create revealing contrasts and
to
direct the viewer’s gaze. Technical aspects of light manipulation in the
visual
arts such as the use of chiaroscuro and sfumato in painting and the creation
of
cinematic night effects by underexposing film are considered as well. (27
minutes)
Copyright date: ©2001
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