A History of Pictures: From the Cave to the Computer Screen

David Hockney

ISBN 10: 0500239495 / ISBN 13: 9780500239490

Editore: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2016

The making of pictures has a history going back perhaps 100,000 years to an African shell used as a paint palette. In this book, each chapter addresses an important question: What happens when we try to express reality in two dimensions? Why is the 'Mona Lisa' beautiful and why are shadows so rarely found in Chinese, Japanese and Persian painting? Num Pages: 360 pages, 325 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 289 x 38. Weight in Grams: 2188. . 2016. Paperback. . . . . Codice articolo V9780500239490

Riassunto:

David Hockney and Martin Gayford discuss the 30,000-year-old history of pictures in one brilliantly original volume

Informazioni sugli autori: David Hockney is considered one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century. He has produced work in almost every medium - painting, drawing, stage design, photography and printmaking - and has stretched the boundaries of all of them. Born in Bradford, England, in 1937, Hockney attended art school in London before moving to Los Angeles in the 1960s. There, he painted his famous swimming pool paintings. In a 2011 poll of more than 1,000 British artists, Hockney was voted the most influential British artist of all time. He continues to create and exhibit art.

Martin Gayford is art critic for The Spectator and the author of acclaimed books on Van Gogh, Constable and Michelangelo. He is the author of many books, including Man with a Blue Scarf, Rendez-vous with Art, (with Philippe de Montebello), A Bigger Message, Modernists & Mavericks, A History of Pictures (with David Hockney), The Pursuit of Art and Spring Cannot be Cancelled, all published by Thames & Hudson.

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Titolo: A History of Pictures: From the Cave to the ...
Casa editrice: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Data di pubblicazione: 2016
Legatura: Brossura
Condizione: New