In this remarkable book a record of a decade of private conversations with art critic Martin Gayford David Hockney reveals via reflection anecdote passion & humour the fruits of his lifelong meditations on the problems & paradoxes of representing a three-dimensional world on a flat surface These conversations are punctuated by wise & witty observations from both parties on numerous other artists & enlivened by shrewd insights into the contrasting social & physical landscapes of California where Hockney spent so many years & Yorkshire the birthplace to which he has returned Some of the diverse people he has encountered along the way – from Henri Cartier-Bresson to Billy Wilder – make entertaining entries into the dialogue Table of Contents 1 Turner with an iPhone • 2 A Yorkshire Paradise • 3 Drawing • 4 The Trap of Naturalism • 5 The Problems of Depiction • 6 A Bigger & Bigger Picture • 7 Scale A Bigger Studio • 8 Seeing More Clearly • 9 Drawing on a Telephone & in a Computer • 10 Painting with Memory • 11 Photography & Drawing • 12 Caravaggio’s Camera • 13 Way Out West Space Exploration • 14 Cleaning Claude • 15 Movies & Moving through the Landscape • 16 Music & Movement • 17 Van Gogh & the Power of Drawing • 18 Drawing on an iPad • 19 The Power of Imges • 20 Theatre • 21 Lighting • 22 Nine Screens on Woldgate ...

David Hockney is possibly the world&s most popular living painter but he is also something else an incisive & original thinker on art Here are the fruits of his lifelong meditations on the problems & paradoxes of representing a three-dimensional world on a flat surface How does drawing make one &see things clearer & clearer & clearer still& as Hockney suggests? What significance do different media
- from a Lascaux cave wall to an iPad
- have for the way we see? What is the relationship between the images we make & the reality around us? How have changes in technology affected the way artists depict the world? The conversations are punctuated by wise & witty observations from both parties on numerous other artists
- Van Gogh or Vermeer Caravaggio Monet Picasso
- & enlivened by shrewd insights into the contrasting social & physical landscapes of California where Hockney lives & Yorkshire his birthplace Some of the people he has encountered along the way
- from Henri Cartier-Bresson to Billy Wilder
- make entertaining appearances in the dialogue





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When ex-headmistress Anne Mustoe gave up her job bought a bike & took to the road she couldn't even mend a puncture 12000 miles & 15 months later she was home Her epic solo journey took her around the world through Europe India the Far East & the United States From Thessaloniki to Uttar Pradesh from Chumphon to Singapore she faced downpours blizzards & blistering deserts political turmoil & amorous waiters
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Diana Henry named Best Cookery Writer at Fortnum & Mason Food & Drink Awards 2015 Winner
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play On the eve of his widower father&s second wedding fifteen-year-old birding fanatic David Portnoy (Kodi Smit-Mc Phee) thinks that he&s made the discovery of a lifetime the extinct Labrador duck Now he & the two other stalwart members of the local Young Birders Society joined by their headstrong photographer classmate Ellen (Katie Chang) take off on an epic road trip in search of the rare bird & elusive answers to teenage questions large & small With marvelous supporting performances by Ben Kingsley & James Le Gros A Birder&s Guide to Everything is an alternately poignant & funny window into the thoughtful world of birding & the inner peace that can be discovered during a walk in the woods Rob Meyer delivers a sparkling feature film debut with a coming-of-age tale to warm the hearts of anyone who grew up with a nerdy passion ...

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- who must be more careful when he is sleeping Uh-oh! He has fallen from his nest & with a bump he lands on the ground Where is his mummy? With the earnest assistance of his new friend Squirrel Little Owl sets off in search of her & meets a sequence of other animals Yet while one might have his mummy&s big eyes & another her pointy ears they are simply not her Chris Haughton&s striking colour illustrations follow Little Owl on his quest Which of his new friends will lead him back to his mummy? In a gorgeous board book edition this is the perfect read-aloud book for little hands to hold
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- who must be more careful when he is sleeping Uh-oh! He has fallen from his nest & with a bump he lands on the ground Where is his mummy? With the help of his new friend Squirrel Little Owl sets off in search of her & meets a sequence of other animals Yet while one might have his mummy&s big eyes & another her pointy ears they are simply not her Chris Haughton&s striking colour illustrations follow Little Owl on his quest Which of his new friends will lead him back to his mummy?
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