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A compact edition of Hockney and Gayford's brilliantly original book, with updated material and brand-new pieces of art 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 Velazquez paint-ing--the authors cross the normal boundaries between high culture and popular entertainment, and argue that film, photography, paint-ing, and drawing are deeply interconnected. Featuring a revised final chapter with some of Hockney's latest works, this new, compact edition of A History of Pictures remains a significant contribution to the discussion of how artists represent reality.
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History of Pictures, David Hockney, Martin Gayford
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- Released
- 2020
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- Title
- History of Pictures
- Language
- English
- Authors
- David Hockney, Martin Gayford
- Publisher
- Abrams
- Released
- 2020
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 372
- ISBN10
- 1419750283
- ISBN13
- 9781419750281
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Art & Culture, Historical Themes, History, Fine Art, Art, References & Manuals, Photography, Painting & Sculpture, Culture and Society, Art History & Criticism, History of Art, Popular science publications, Theory of Art
- First published
- 2018
- Original title
- A History of Pictures: from Cave to Computer Screen
- Rating
- 4.5 out of 5
- Description
- A compact edition of Hockney and Gayford's brilliantly original book, with updated material and brand-new pieces of art 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 Velazquez paint-ing--the authors cross the normal boundaries between high culture and popular entertainment, and argue that film, photography, paint-ing, and drawing are deeply interconnected. Featuring a revised final chapter with some of Hockney's latest works, this new, compact edition of A History of Pictures remains a significant contribution to the discussion of how artists represent reality.