David Hockney : a bigger picture /

Assembles a collection of the painter's oversized landscape paintings inspired by the English countryside, along with essays that discuss his life, creative process, influences, and use of technology in his work.

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Corporate Authors: Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain); Museo Guggenheim Bilbao.; Museum Ludwig
Group Author: Livingstone, Marco; Devaney, Edith
Published: Thames & Hudson,
Publisher Address: London :
Publication Dates: [2012]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Summary: Assembles a collection of the painter's oversized landscape paintings inspired by the English countryside, along with essays that discuss his life, creative process, influences, and use of technology in his work.
Item Description: Published on the occasion of the exhibition "David Hockney RA: a bigger picture" held at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, 21 Jan.-9 Apr. 2012, Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, 14 May-30 Sept. 2012, and Museum Ludwig, Cologne, 27 Oct. 2012-4 Feb. 2013.
Carrier Form: 301 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (page 298) and index.
ISBN: 9780500093665
0500093660
Index Number: N6797
CLC: J231(561)
Call Number: J231(561)/D249-2
Contents: President's foreword --
Preface /
The road less travelled /
The spirit of place: a certain road to happiness /
Seeing with memory: Hockney and the masters /
David Hockney and Claude Lorrain: the sermon on the mount /
David Hockney: the technology of art /
Catalogue plates --
David Hockney: a chronology /