Новинки Дэвида Хокни

«История картин для детей» предлагает совершить путешествие по истории искусства — от древних рисунков на стенах пещер до изображений, создаваемых сегодня с помощью компьютеров и смартфонов. Основанная на одноименном бестселлере для взрослых, эта книга составлена из разговоров двух друзей — художника Дэвида Хокни и искусствоведа Мартина Гейфорда. Они удивительно просто и интересно рассказывают о множестве тем, связанных с художественным творчеством. Роз Блейк дополнила текст веселыми иллюстрациями, которые наверняка понравятся юной аудитории.

Умудренный и воодушевленный опытом целой жизни, отданной живописи, рисованию, экспериментам с фото- и другими камерами, Хокни в компании с художественным критиком Мартином Гейфордом рассуждает о том, как и для чего создавались картины на протяжении тысячелетий. Что заставляет людей делать метки на плоской поверхности? Как в неподвижной картине представить движение — и зачем кино и телевидение обращаются к опыту живописцев прошлого? Как статичный образ на холсте или экране может вобрать в себя время и пространство? Что показывают картины: правду или ложь? Можно ли верить фотографиям? Сопоставляя самые разные изображения — кадр из диснеевского мультфильма и японскую ксилографию, сцену из фильма Эйзенштейна и полотно Веласкеса, — авторы свободно пересекают привычные границы между высокой культурой и развлечением. Проницательная и подталкивающая к размышлениям, «История картин» помогает нам лучше понять, как мы представляем себе реальность.

A picture, says David Hockney, is the only way that we can give an account of what we see. But all picture-makers face a common problem: how to compress three-dimensional people, things and places onto a flat surface? The results are often pigeonholed as paintings, photographs or films. Alternatively, they may be sorted by date and style: medieval, Renaissance or baroque. In fact, Hockney argues, whether they are made by brush, camera or digital program, and no matter if they are on cave walls or computer screens, first and foremost they are all pictures. And for us to understand how we see the world around us - and hence ourselves - what is needed is a history of pictures. This is that book.

Informed and energized by a lifetime of painting, drawing and making images with cameras, Hockney, in collaboration with the art critic Martin Gayford, explores how and why pictures have been made across the millennia. What makes marks on a flat surface interesting? How do you show movement in a still picture, and how, conversely, do films and television connect with old masters? What are the ways in which time and space can be condensed into a static image on a canvas or screen? What do pictures show - truth or lies? Do photographs present the world as we experience it?

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 Velázquez painting - the authors cross the normal boundaries between high culture and popular entertainment, and make unexpected connections across time and media. Building on Hockney's groundbreaking book Secret Knowledge, they argue that film, photography, painting and drawing are deeply interconnected. Insightful and thought-provoking, A History of Pictures is an important contribution to our appreciation of how we represent our reality.

The perfect gift for Hockney fans and dog lovers everywhere, David Hockney's Dog Days, now in a gift edition, is an album devoted to two of the artist's closest friends, his dachshunds Stanley and Boodgie. This beautiful and engaging book includes almost all of Hockney's paintings and drawings of his two companions, dozens of new illustrations created specially for this book, and a text by the artist himself.

Join one of the most influential artists of our time as he investigates the painting techniques of the Old Masters. Hockney’s extensive research led him to conclude that artists such as Caravaggio, Velazquez, da Vinci, and other hyperrealists actually used optics and lenses to create their masterpieces.
In this passionate yet pithy book, Hockney takes readers on a journey of discovery as he builds a case that mirrors and lenses were used by the great masters to create their highly detailed and realistic paintings and drawings. Hundreds of the best-known and best-loved paintings are reproduced alongside his straightforward analysis. Hockney also includes his own photographs and drawings to illustrate techniques used to capture such accurate likenesses. Extracts from historical and modern documents and correspondence with experts from around the world further illuminate this thought-provoking book that will forever change how the world looks at art.


Secret Knowledge will open your eyes to how we perceive the world and how we choose to represent it.

The book that turned the art world on its head, now with new and exciting discoveries. Hockney takes his thesis further, demonstrating how Renaissance artists used mirrors and lenses to develop perspective and chiaroscuro radically challenging our view of how these two foundations of Western art were established.

Book Description "There is always, everywhere, an enormous amount of suffering, but I believe that my duty as an artist is to overcome and alleviate the sterility of despair...I do believe that painting can change the world." ?David

Дэвид Хокни - замечательный критик и широко известный художник нашего века. Он работал практически во всех видах искусства - живописи, рисунке (графике), театральной декорации, фотографии и гравюре. Недавно Дэвид Хокни сделал нечто