Secret Knowledge:Rediscovering the Lost Techniques of the Old Masters

Secret Knowledge:Rediscovering the Lost Techniques of the Old Masters

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Secret Knowledge created a sensation when it was first published. David Hockney’s enthralling 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. For this new edition, Hockney demonstrates, with the aid of drawings, paintings and photographs of his own experiments, how Renaissance artists used mirrors and lenses to develop perspective and chiaroscuro – radically challenging our view of how these two foundations of Western art were established. Hundreds of paintings and drawings – among them the best-known and best-loved works in the history of Western art – are reproduced and accompanied by Hockney’s infectious and enthusiastic descriptions. His own photographs and drawings illustrate the various methods used by past artists to capture accurate likenesses, and present the results they would have achieved. In addition, extracts from the many historical and modern documents that he uncovered offer further intriguing evidence, while correspondence between himself and an array of international experts provides an exciting account of the remarkable story as it happened. Secret Knowledge is not just about the lost techniques of the Old Masters. It is also about how we see, treat and make images in an age of computer manipulation. Taking nothing for granted, questioning received ideas and practice, Hockney opens our eyes to the way we perceive and represent the world – a privileged insight into the history of art by an outstandingly prolific and original artist.
  • Publisher: Thames & Hudson
  • Dimensions: 23.7 x 30 cm
  • Language: English
  • Print length: 328 pages
  • Item weight: 1.05 kg
  • Edition: Main
  • Book Type: Paperback
  • ISBN-10: 0500286388
  • ISBN-13: 978-0500286388
  • Publication date: 7 September 2006
  • Reading age: 13 years and up
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