A History of Pictures

From the Cave to the Computer Screen

By: David Hockney, Martin Gayford

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Paperback | 20 April 2020 | Edition Number 2

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368 Pages

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16.9 x 24 x 3.6

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A picture, says David Hockney, is the only way that we can communicate what we see. Here, in a collaboration with art critic Martin Gayford, he explores the many ways that artists have pictured the world, sharing sparkling insights and ideas that will delight every art lover and art maker. Readers who thrilled to Hockney’s Secret Knowledge know that he has an uncanny ability to get into the minds of artists. In A History of Pictures he covers far more ground, getting at the roots of visual expression and technique through hundreds of images—from cave paintings to frames from movies—that are reproduced. It’s a joyful celebration of one of humanity’s oldest impulses.

About the Author

David Hockney is one of the world’s most popular painters and the author of the bestselling Secret Knowledge:Rediscovering the Lost Techniques of the Old Masters (2001). He lives in Los Angeles. Martin Gayford’s many books include Man with a Blue Scarf: On Sitting for a PortraitbyLucian Freud (2013) and Rendez-vous with Art, with Philippe de Montebello (2014). He lives in Cambridge, England.

Industry Reviews

'A magic flight of a book ... It's a measure of Hockney's vividness of perception that he can always put a cap on Gayford's knowledge ... Fabulous!' - Clive James, Guardian
'Enormously good-humoured and entertaining... Hockney asks big questions about the nature of picture-making and the relationship between painters and photography in a way that no other contemporary artists seems to' - Andrew Marr, New Statesman
'An eloquent conversational testimony to the vividness of life lived through intelligent looking. You will see Caravaggio and Citizen Kane with fresh eyes' - Daily Telegraph
'Crisps up perceptions and help readers to look anew' - The Times

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