Shadows

thumb|The shadow of a musician cast onto a brick wall thumb|Park fence shadow is distorted by an uneven snow surface. thumb|Shadows from cumulus clouds thick enough to block sunlight A shadow is a dark area on a surface where light from a light source is blocked by an object. In contrast, shade occupies the three-dimensional volume behind an object with light in front of it. The cross-section of a shadow is a two-dimensional silhouette, or a reverse projection of the object blocking the light.

thumb|right|Giovanni Baglione. Divine Love Conquering Earthly Love (1602–1603), showing dramatic compositional chiaroscuro.

ancient form of entertainment using flat articulated figures

thumb|A traditional silhouette portrait of the late 18th century A silhouette (, ) is the image of a person, animal, object or scene represented as a solid shape of a single colour, usually black, with its edges matching the outline of the subject. The interior of a silhouette is featureless, and the silhouette is usually presented on a light background, usually white, or none at all. The silhouette differs from an outline, which depicts the edge of an object in a linear form, while a silhouette appears as a solid shape. Silhouette images may be created in any visual artistic medium, but were

thumb|A photogram of a number of photography-related objects thumb|Photogram with soil and plants A photogram is a photographic image made without a camera by placing objects directly onto the surface of a light-sensitive material such as photographic paper and then exposing it to light.

magnified shadow of an observer cast upon clouds opposite the Sun's direction

5th-century BC Greek painter

shadow that the Earth casts on its own atmosphere

Chhaya or Chaya (), also known as Savarna, is the Hindu personification and goddess of shadow, and a consort of Surya, the Hindu sun god. She is the shadow-image or reflection of Saranyu (Sanjna), the first wife of Surya. Chhaya was born from the shadow of Sanjna and replaced Sanjna in her house, after the latter temporarily left her husband.

Supposed paranormal phenomenon

distinct parts of a shadow

Art/historic exposition related to the Hiroshima WWII atomic bombing

Purported Scottish mountain phenomenon

figure in wayang performance of Indonesia

thumb| Shadowboxing Shadowboxing is a combat sport exercise in which a person throws punches at the air as though there is an opponent. Practised primarily in boxing, it is used mainly to prepare the muscles before the person training engages in stronger physical activity. Muhammad Ali once performed a now famous shadowboxing routine next to Howard Cosell for ABC's Wide World of Sports television cameras. Black Nova Scotian boxer George Dixon is widely credited for developing the technique.

visual effect consisting of a drawing element which looks like the shadow of an object

1646 work by Athanasius Kircher