Hockney, David – Secret Knowledge

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Author: David Hockney
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Year: 2001
ISBN: 0-500-23785-9

Hardcover in dust jacket, 298 pages, English
Condition: very good

Rediscovering the lost techniques of the Old Masters.

In this book, David Hockney presents scientific and visual evidence demonstrating how the great artists of the West used mirrors and lenses to create their works. The thrilling course of his investigations is retraced through no fewer than 500 reproductions of famous paintings and drawings accompanied by his own commentary, as well as excerpts from a fascinating array of historical and modern written sources.
The book’s art-historical revelations excited a worldwide sensation when it was first published.

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