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Secret Knowledge: Rediscovering the Lost Techniques of the Old Masters
by Hockney, David
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0670030260
- ISBN 13
- 9780670030262
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Viking Studio, 2001. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Large format hardcover, folio size volume bound in black cloth, lettered in silver on spine, in publisher's non priced, non clipped dust-jacket. 296 pages. Bibliography, Index. Illustrated with hundreds of paintings and drawings, chiefly in color, and followed by a section devoted to textual evidence on the scientific apparatuses employed by the artist to achieve accurate likenesses of the physical world. First American edition, first printing with full number line. Both an art history and a detective story concluding they did it all with mirrors and lenses. No previous ownership marks. A clean, fresh, unmarked copy with an incidental slight bump to bottom of rear board and mild undulation to very top edge of inner rear dust-jacket flap, else like new. Near fine in a near fine dust-jacket. A large, heavy book, Priority and International orders will be charged actual postage costs. .
Synopsis
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.
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- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021381
- Title
- Secret Knowledge: Rediscovering the Lost Techniques of the Old Masters
- Author
- Hockney, David
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0670030260
- ISBN 13
- 9780670030262
- Publisher
- Viking Studio
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2001
- Size
- Folio - over 12 - 15" tall
- Keywords
- Art, Art History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art;
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