Hockney's Eye

The Art and Technology of Depiction

Martin Gayford, Martin Kemp, Jane Munro

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Paul Holberton Publishing Ltd
05 April 2022

Art & design styles: from c 1960; Individual artists, art monographs; Exhibition catalogues & specific collections; Art techniques & principles

New revelations on the inner workings of David Hockney's unique art. David Hockney is one of the best-known and most widely admired contemporary painters in the world. This vibrant catalog accompanies a major exhibition exploring his work at the Fitzwilliam Museum and the Heong Gallery in Cambridge and the Teylers Museum in Haarlem, Netherlands. Throughout his long career, Hockney has explored diverse ways of depicting the visible world. He has scrutinized the methods of the old masters and explored radical departures from their cherished assumptions. ""Western art"" from the Renaissance until at least the late nineteenth century has been dominated by the depiction of nature. Was this to be accomplished by direct looking (called ""eyeballing"" by Hockney) or with the assistance of optical theory and devices, such as cameras? Hockney has experimented with the full range of existing strategies, overtly using perspective and investigating optical aids for the imitation of nature, including the camera obscura and camera lucida. This volume explores the span of Hockney's varied career and the nature of the optical devices he has tested, both in the setting of traditional masterpieces of naturalistic observation and in the context of modern sciences and technologies of seeing. The book looks at his thrilling experiments in seeing and representing in broad historical and contemporary contexts. It further discusses his pre-photographic devices and concludes with essays on Hockney's experiments from the perspectives of neuroscience and computer vision.

Edited by: Martin Gayford, Martin Kemp, Jane Munro
Imprint: Paul Holberton Publishing Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 280mm, Width: 240mm,
ISBN: 9781913645120
ISBN 10: 1913645126
Pages: 184
Publication Date: 05 April 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Martin Gayford is an art critic and author. Martin Kemp is an art historian, curator, and professor emeritus of art history at Oxford University. Jane Munro is keeper of paintings, drawings, and prints at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge.

Reviews for Hockney's Eye: The Art and Technology of Depiction

"""Prepare for a quest that will carry you into complex territories. . . . You should invest in the book of the exhibition. You will need it.""-- ""Times (UK)"""