Demonstrates how Renaissance artists used mirrors and lenses to develop perspective and chiaroscuro challenging our view of how these two foundations of Western art were established.
Offers a retrospective of the popular serious artist in the world. Presented thematically to show the evolution and diversity of Hockney's prolific paintings, drawings, watercolours, prints and photography, this work also features quotes from the artist himself that illuminate the passionate thinking behind the works produced.
Intended for dog lovers, this album is devoted to two of the author's closest friends, his dachshunds Stanley and Boodgie. It includes his paintings and drawings of his two companions, many illustrations, and a text by the artist himself.
A story of how some of the great works of Western art were created with the help of mirrors and lenses and how the optical look came to dominate painting attracted major media attention around the world and generated intense debate in the fields of science and art history.
An account of artist, David Hockney, who describes in his own words his life and work since the mid-1970s. Hockney has worked in almost every medium - painting, drawing, stage design, photography and printmaking - experimenting with ways of seeing and ways of representing sight.