- Perfect Paperback: 180 pages
- Publisher: Debut Publications Ltd (1 Feb 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0955243114
- ISBN-13: 978-0955243110
- Product Dimensions: 21 x 19 x 1 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,672,742 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From signage on toilet doors to Japanese shadow puppet
theatre, the silhouette can boast both a wonderful and rich history - and
contemporary appeal. Historically reinventing itself across cultures and
genres it is an artform which has evolved throughout the ages, responding
and reflecting technical capabilities and an increasingly demanding visual
environment. Advances in design software have reduced the creation of
silhouettes to the click of a mouse, yet the key to a strong silhouette is
the same today as it always has been, lying in the resourcefulness of the
artist.
theatre, the silhouette can boast both a wonderful and rich history - and
contemporary appeal. Historically reinventing itself across cultures and
genres it is an artform which has evolved throughout the ages, responding
and reflecting technical capabilities and an increasingly demanding visual
environment. Advances in design software have reduced the creation of
silhouettes to the click of a mouse, yet the key to a strong silhouette is
the same today as it always has been, lying in the resourcefulness of the
artist.
In the most basic terms a silhouette is an image consisting of the outline
of a person or object filled with solid colour usually appearing dark
against a light background, light against a dark background or, in looser
terms, in some other way in contrast to the background. The production of a
silhouette is based on the principles of omitting unnecessary detail from
the subject. At its best, a silhouette can transcend language boundaries,
the very essence of graphic communication. As an artform it can create a
scene so visually legible that it conveys narrative, emotion, mood and
energy in nothing more than an outline.
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