David Hockney's secret knowledge [videorecording] / David Hockney ; a BBC Production ; produced and directed by Randall Wright.

David Hockney's secret knowledge, c2002

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Title(s):: David Hockney's secret knowledge [videorecording] / David Hockney ; a BBC Production ; produced and directed by Randall Wright.
Published/Created:: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2002.
Physical Description:: 1 videocassette (81 min.) (VHS) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in.
Holdings:: Reference Library
Video 079
Accessible in the Reference Library [Hours]
Full Orbis Record:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/alma/9967422183408651
Classification:: Videos
Notes:: VHS
Title from video case.
"BBC Worldwide"--Case.
Narrator: David Hockney.
Investigation of how early painters used simple cameras to capture realistic images -- 400 years before the invention of the photograph. Examines works by Jan Van Eyck, Vermeer, Holbein, Caravaggio and Velázquez. Demonstrates methods using camera lucida, camera obscura and convex mirors.
Subject Terms:: Camera lucidas.
Camera obscuras.
Painting -- Technique -- History.
Painting from photographs -- History.
Realism in art.
Contributors:: Hockney, David, born 1937.
Wright, Randall.
Films for the Humanities (Firm)
British Broadcasting Corporation.
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