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Secret knowledge : rediscovering the lost techniques of the old masters
- Title
- Secret knowledge : rediscovering the lost techniques of the old masters / David Hockney.
- Author
- Hockney, David.
- Publication
- New York : Viking Studio, 2001.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | ND1471 .H63 2001q Oversize | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 296 pages : color illustrations; 30 cm
- Summary
- Presents detailed theories on how some of art's most famous masterpieces, including works by da Vinci, Caravaggio, Velázquez, and Van Eyck, were actually created, and discusses the reaction to the author's speculations.
- Subject
- Leonardo da Vinci 1452-1519
- Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da 1571-1610
- Eyck, Jan van 1390-1441
- Ingres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique 1780-1867
- Velázquez, Diego Rodríguez de Silva y 1599-1660
- Painting > Technique > History
- Drawing > Technique > History
- Painting > Technological innovations > History
- Optics and art
- Camera lucidas
- Camera obscuras
- camera lucidas
- camera obscuras
- Drawing > Technique
- Painting > Technique
- Komposition
- Malerei
- Malmaterial
- Maltechnik
- Ästhetik
- Schilderkunst
- Techniek
- Optische instrumenten
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- Ill. on lining papers.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-289) and index.
- Contents
- The visual evidence -- The textual evidence -- Correspondence.
- ISBN
- 0670030260
- 9780670030262
- 9780142005019
- 0142005010
- LCCN
- 2001026022
- OCLC
- ocm48196012
- 48196012
- SCSB-1239912
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library