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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.

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781419750281
  • ISBN-10: 1419750283
  • Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
  • Publish Date: August 2020
  • Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.5 x 1.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.35 pounds
  • Page Count: 372

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