A History of Pictures: From the Cave to the Computer Screen

The making of pictures has a history going back perhaps 100,000 years to an African shell used as a paint palette. In this book, each chapter addresses an important question: What happens when we try to express reality in two dimensions? Why is the 'Mona Lisa' beautiful and why are shadows so rarely found in Chinese, Japanese and Persian painting?

• | Author: David Hockney, Martin Gayford
• | Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
• | Publication Date: Oct 06, 2016
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• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-13: 9780500239490
• | ISBN-10: 0500239495