A Short History of the Shadow: From Plato’s cave to Duchamp’s widow
Cabinet: Issue 24 Winter 2006/07 Shadows
A Short History of the Shadow: An Interview With Victor I. Stoichita
Victor I. Stoichita, Professor of the History of Modern and Contemporary Art at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, is the author of A Short History of the Shadow (Reaktion, 1997). In exploring the writings of Plato, Pliny, Leonardo, and Piaget, Stoichita explains how the shadow has always been integral to theories of art and knowledge, and investigates the complex psychological meanings we project into shadows. Christopher Turner spoke to him by phone.