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History of Pictures

By David Hockney

History of Pictures Social Sciences

History of Pictures

By David Hockney

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A compact edition of David Hockney and Martin Gayford’s brilliant book, A History of Pictures: From the Cave to the Computer Screen features updated material and pieces of art original to this volume. Informed and energized by a lifetime of painting, drawing, and making images with cameras, David Hockney, in collaboration with art critic Martin Gayford, explores how and why pictures have been made across the millennia. Juxtaposing a rich variety of images—a still from a Disney cartoon with a Japanese woodblock print by Hiroshige, a scene from an Eisenstein film with a Velázquez paint­ing—the authors cross the normal boundaries between high culture and popular entertainment, and argue that film, photography, paint­ing, and drawing are deeply interconnected. Featuring a revised final chapter with additional works by Hockney, this compact edition of A History of Pictures remains a significant contribution to the discussion of how artists represent reality.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
372
Release Date:
2020-08-11
Publication Date:
2020-08-11
Publisher:
Harry N. Abrams
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1419750283
ISBN13:
9781419750281
Weight:
1074 g
Height:
169 cm
Width:
236 cm
Thickness:
35 cm
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