Secret Knowledge: Rediscovering the Lost Techniques of the Old Masters

Hockney, David

ISBN 10: 0670030260 / ISBN 13: 9780670030262

Published by Viking Studio, New York, 2001

About this Item

4to, 296 pp.

Seller Inventory # 108946

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Secret Knowledge: Rediscovering the Lost Techniques of the Old Masters
• Publisher: Viking Studio, New York
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0670030260
• ISBN 13: 9780670030262
• Binding: hardcover
• Illustrator: Profusely illustrated
• Edition: 1st.
• Condition: Fine copy in fine dust jacket
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art

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Synopsis

Presents detailed theories on how some of art's most famous masterpieces, including works by da Vinci, Caravaggio, Velâazquez, and Van Eyck, were actually created, and discusses the reaction to the author's speculations.

About the Author

David Hockney was born in England in 1937 and studied at the Royal College of Art. He achieved international acclaim by his mid-twenties as part of the pop art movement and has gone on to become one of the best known artists of his generation.