A History of Pictures: From the Cave to the Computer Screen Classic fiction It declared its own greatness

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A History of Pictures: From the Cave to the Computer Screen Classic fiction It declared its own greatnessA 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