# Article on Shadow Art to Express Rupa

**URL:** <https://classicaltheravada.org/t/article-on-shadow-art-to-express-rupa/529>\
**Category:** Lounge\
**Created:** [October 19, 2022, 12:23am UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/article-on-shadow-art-to-express-rupa/529 "2022-10-19T00:23:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![bksubhuti](https://classicaltheravada.org/user_avatar/classicaltheravada.org/bksubhuti/32/19_2.png) [@bksubhuti](https://classicaltheravada.org/u/bksubhuti)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 12:23am UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/article-on-shadow-art-to-express-rupa/529/1 "2022-10-19T00:23:31Z")

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As I was [posting a remote picture](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/cittaja-rupas-are-major-contributors-for-self-view-to-arise/520/3) I remembered from long ago to express cittaja rupa. I started looking at more and more.

Here is a quote from the article:

> According to an ancient Roman author, Pliny the Elder, the very art of painting originates from trailing the edge of shadow, as a maid of Corinth traced her lover’s shadow on a wall. Much like her lover’s outline, **art** was born from the desire to give substance to that which is incorporeal, to make permanent that which is fading. Though it can be said that shadow gave birth to art, saying that art gave birth to shadow (art) is unconventional, not because the notion of it is unthinkable but simply because there isn’t much of it out there, compared to other art styles and how popular and spread they’ve become.

article is here: [A Brief Look at the Practice of the So-Called Shadow Art | Widewalls](https://www.widewalls.ch/magazine/shadow-art)

You can google shadow art

another picture from that article is here:  
 ![](https://classicaltheravada.org/uploads/default/original/1X/be61daedaa0da61241fa8d6b392e86da7a8efeac.jpeg)  
Google Search for more related pictures [here](https://www.google.com/search?q=light+and+shadow+art&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwiOtNGdgOv6AhWviNgFHXniCPcQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=light+and+shadow+art&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzIFCAAQgAQyBQgAEIAEMgUIABCABDIFCAAQgAQyBQgAEIAEMgUIABCABDIFCAAQgAQyBQgAEIAEMgYIABAFEB4yBggAEAUQHjoHCCMQ6gIQJzoECCMQJzoICAAQsQMQgwE6CAgAEIAEELEDOgsIABCABBCxAxCDAToECAAQQzoKCAAQsQMQgwEQQ1AAWKEbYJkdaAFwAHgAgAHdAYgBpxiSAQYwLjE4LjKYAQCgAQGqAQtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZ7ABCsABAQ&sclient=img&ei=F0BPY87MFa-R4t4P-cSjuA8&bih=684&biw=1446):