Art, Optics and History: New Light on the Hockney Thesis

Abstract

David Hockney's recent book Secret Knowledge: Rediscovering the Lost Techniques of the Old Masters argues that 15th century painters employed optical devices to achieve realistic portraiture. A reexamination of the history of optical projection techniques raises problems for Hockney's provocative hypothesis.

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