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Author Hockney, David

Title David Hockney's secret knowledge [videorecording] / David Hockney ; a BBC Production ; produced and directed by Randall Wright ; distributed under license from BBC Worldwide Americans, Inc.

Imprint Princteon, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2002.

Copies

Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 FSCC DVD Collection  DVD 751.4 DAV 2002    ---  Available
Description 1 videodisc (81 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 1/2 in.
Credits Producer/director, Randall Wright ; photography, John Hooper.
Performer Narrator, David Hockney.
Summary 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 Velzquez. Demonstrates methods using camera lucida, camera obscura and convex mirrors.
System Details DVD format.
Subject Camera lucidas.
Camera obscuras.
Painting from photographs.
Painting -- Technique -- History.
Painting, Renaissance -- History.
Realism in art.
Painting -- 15th and 16th centuries -- History.
Genre/Form Documentary television programs -- United States
Added Author Hooper, John.
Wright, Randall.
BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc.
British Broadcasting Corporation.
Films for the Humanities (Firm)
Music No. 30692 Films for the Humanities & Sciences

 
    
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