Uses the work of some of the most famous and best-loved artists of all time to show how their paintings reflect dramatic light, mysterious light, cold light, hot light, dappled light, rainy light, light patterns, light shapes, and other forms of light.Demonstrates the use of light in art--including light textures, rainy light, and highlights--through a collection of eighteen famous paintings by Caravaggio, Diego Rivera, Escher, and Van Gogh.Focuses on how artists use light in their paintings. This book uses some of the famous and best-loved artists of all time to show how their paintings reflect dramatic light, mysterious light, cold light, hot light, dappled light, rainy light, light patterns, light shapes and other forms of light.