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Apicture,saysDavidHockney,istheonlywaythatwecancommunicatewhatwesee.Here,inacollaborationwithartcriticMartinGayford,heexploresthemanywaysthatartistshavepicturedtheworld,sharingsparklinginsightsandideasthatwilldelighteveryartloverandartmaker.ReaderswhothrilledtoHockney’sSecretKnowledgeknowthathehasanuncannyabilitytogetintothemindsofartists.InAHistoryofPictureshecoversfarmoreground,gettingattherootsofvisualexpressionandtechniquethroughhundredsofimages—fromcavepaintingstoframesfrommovies—thatarereproduced.It’sajoyfulcelebrationofoneofhumanity’soldestimpulses.