Home
History of Pictures: From the Cave to Computer Screen
Barnes and Noble
History of Pictures: From the Cave to Computer Screen
Current price: $45.00
Barnes and Noble
History of Pictures: From the Cave to Computer Screen
Current price: $45.00
Size: Hardcover
Loading Inventory...
*Product information may vary - to confirm product availability, pricing, shipping and return information please contact Barnes and Noble
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
remains a significant contribution to the discussion of how artists represent reality.