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Lawrence Weschler
Chronicles David Hockney’s protean production and speculations, including his scenic designs for opera, his homemade xerographic prints, his exploration of physics in relation to Chinese landscape painting, his investigations into…
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David Hockney,Martin Gayford
The making of pictures has a history going back perhaps 100,000 years to an African shell used as a paint palette. In this book, each chapter addresses an important question…
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David Hockney
This book will open your eyes to a world full of beautiful images. It presents a journey through the history of art, from the very first artistic manifestations to the…
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From cave paintings to video games, this book shows how and why pictures have been made, linking art to the human experience. Hockney and Gayford explain each piece of art…
Michael Bird
A treasure trove of noteworthy letters, arranged thematically to provide an insight into the lives and work of great artists.
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Stefanie Mallon
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2007 im Fachbereich Kunst - Uebergreifende Betrachtungen, Note: 1,0, Carl von Ossietzky Universitat Oldenburg (Visuelle Kultur), Veranstaltung: Pop Art, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Pop Art, eine aus…
John Hockney
‘The most charming… portrait of this ever-popular artist… so enormously appealing: good-natured, bluntly told, skimmed with Yorkshire humour… a story of sticky jam tarts, catching tadpoles in jars, torchlit conversations…
Trevor Oaks,Ryan Oaks
Ryan and Trevor Oakes take us inside their lifelong exploration of art and perception in this abundantly illustrated volume, which comes with an amazing pop-up.
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Sarah Vowell,Trevor J. Fairbrother
If family is often considered the backbone of civilization, it has undergone serious rethinking over the past few decades. Most disciplines, from sociology to psychotherapy to economics, have had their…
Marina Vaizey
Reviews exhibitions of David Hockbey at Tate Britain and Vanessa Bell at Dulwich Picture Gallety.
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Evan Turk
"It's the very process of looking at something that makes it beautiful." -David Hockney
Growing up under the gray skies of England during World War II, David Hockney used art…