{"product_id":"history-of-pictures-david-hockney-9781419750281","title":"History of Pictures","description":"\u003cb\u003eA compact edition of David Hockney and Martin Gayford's brilliant book, \u003ci\u003eA History of Pictures: From the Cave to the Computer Screen \u003c\/i\u003efeatures updated material and pieces of art original to this volume.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Informed and energized by a lifetime of painting, drawing, and making images with cameras, David Hockney, in collaboration with art critic Martin Gayford, explores how and why pictures have been made across the millennia. Juxtaposing a rich variety of images--a still from a Disney cartoon with a Japanese woodblock print by Hiroshige, a scene from an Eisenstein film with a Vel痙quez paint­ing--the authors cross the normal boundaries between high culture and popular entertainment, and argue that film, photography, paint­ing, and drawing are deeply interconnected. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Featuring a revised final chapter with additional works by Hockney, this compact edition of \u003ci\u003eA History of Pictures \u003c\/i\u003eremains a significant contribution to the discussion of how artists represent reality. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Hockney, Martin Gayford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1419750283\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781419750281\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harry N. Abrams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/11\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.50w x 1.40d","brand":"David Hockney","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44048245784831,"sku":"9781419750281","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_307bb17d-1e12-4eeb-9ce6-62ea8e73f64d.jpg?v=1684994711","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/history-of-pictures-david-hockney-9781419750281","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}