A History of Pictures

David Hockney is considered one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century. He has produced work in almost every medium - painting, drawing, stage design, photography and printmaking - and has stretched the boundaries of all of them. Born in Bradford, England, in 1937, Hockney attended art school in London before moving to Los Angeles in the 1960s. There, he painted his famous swimming pool paintings. In a 2011 poll of more than 1,000 British artists, Hockney was voted the most influential British artist of all time. He continues to create and exhibit art.

1. Pictures, Art and History . 2. Pictures and Reality . 3. Making Marks . 4. Shadows . 5. Picturing Space and Time . 6. Brunelleschi's Window and Alberti's Mirror . 7. Mirrors and Reflections . 8. Paper, Paint and Multiplying Pictures . 9. Painting the Stage and Staging Paintings . 10. Caravaggio and the Academy of the Lynx-Eyed . 11. Vermeer and Rembrandt: the Hand, the Lens and the Heart . 12. Truth and Beauty in the Age of Reason . 13. The Camera Before and After 1839 . 14. Photography, Truth and Painting . 15. Painting with and without Photography . 16. Snapshots and Moving Pictures . 17. Movies and Stills . 18. The Unending History of Pictures