Secret Knowledge : Rediscovering the Lost Techniques of the Old Masters

Hockney, David

ISBN 10: 0500237859 / ISBN 13: 9780500237854

Edité par Thames & Hudson 2001, London, 2001

A propos de cet article

296 pp. Hardback in dust jacket. Jacket slightly rubbed & edgeworn. With 460 illustrations, including 402 in colour. Secret Knowledge carefully explains how Masaccio, Van Eyck, Holbein, Caravaggio, Vermeer and Ingres all used optical aids, as it carefully takes apart the paintings and recreates the instruments and techniques used by artists from as early as the 1430s. 0500237859 4to.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Secret Knowledge : Rediscovering the Lost Techniques of the Old Masters
• Éditeur: Thames & Hudson 2001, London
• Date de parution: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0500237859
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780500237854
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: First Edition.
• État de l'article: Very Good
• État de la jaquette: Very Good
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Art

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Synopsis

David Hockney takes us on an enthralling intellectual and visual journey as he rewrites the story of how the great drawings and paintings of the last six centuries were created. He demonstrates for the first time how artists as far back as the 15th century used mirrors and lenses to project colour images onto flat surfaces and then captured these projections in pencil and paint. As well as being the presentation of more than two years' research, Secret Knowledge is an amazing detective story, as Hockney uncovers piece after piece of scientific and historical evidence, each one revealing further secrets of the past.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Join one of the most influential artists of our time as he investigates the painting techniques of the Old Masters. Hockney’s extensive research led him to conclude that artists such as Caravaggio, Velázquez, da Vinci, and other hyperrealists actually used optics and lenses to create their masterpieces.

In this passionate yet pithy book, Hockney takes readers on a journey of discovery as he builds a case that mirrors and lenses were used by the great masters to create their highly detailed and realistic paintings and drawings. Hundreds of the best-known and best-loved paintings are reproduced alongside his straightforward analysis. Hockney also includes his own photographs and drawings to illustrate techniques used to capture such accurate likenesses. Extracts from historical and modern documents and correspondence with experts from around the world further illuminate this thought-provoking book that will forever change how the world looks at art.

Secret Knowledge will open your eyes to how we perceive the world and how we choose to represent it.