TY - BOOK AU - Hockney,David TI - Secret knowledge: rediscovering the lost techniques of the old masters SN - 0670030260 (hardcover) AV - ND1471 .H63 2001 U1 - 751.4/09 21 PY - 2001/// CY - New York PB - Viking Studio KW - Camera lucidas KW - Camera obscuras KW - Drawing KW - Technique KW - History KW - Optics and art KW - Painting KW - Technological innovations KW - Art KW - sears KW - Optical data processing KW - Optical instruments N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-289) and index; Adult; Follett Library Resources N2 - David Hockney makes a visual presentation of his theory that many Western artists of the past, dating from the early fifteenth century, used mirrors and lenses to create living projections which were then used to produce drawings and paintings. Includes a collection of extracts from documents used in Hockney's research, as well as related notes, essays, and letters ER -