SECRETS OF PAINTING (HB)

Masterpieces are the result of a long tussle between dirty hands and crushed pigment. Starting with the caves at Chauvet 36,000 years ago, Lachlan Goudie goes on to explore the impact of inventions and discoveries in art over centuries, including ink, fresco, egg tempera, oil paint, canvas, watercolour, gouache, impasto, tubes of manufactured oil paint, collage, household gloss, acrylic, digital media and AI. Each chapter focuses on a technical turning point as embodied in the work of particular artist, including Giotto, Artemisia Gentileschi, Alma Thomas, Anselm Kiefer, David Hockney and many more.