Writing about Hockney

By creating his joiners, Hockney sought to reflect the process of seeing, creating a narrative based around visual experience.

• He takes photos from one angle.

• He takes photos from a variety of angles.

• He takes photos at different time periods, and at different angles.

Space and form in balance.

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• Different angles

• Different moments

• One point perspective

• Multiple points of perspective

• Different angles

• Different moments

• Different perspectives

• Variety of scale

The different angles and lighting create a sense of

• color

• movement

• texture

• line

Which artist is thinking about form, time AND space?

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Answer explanation

The image on the left is on the same picture plane. The space is not being considered. It has one perspective point.

David Hockney thinks we see life like a camera.

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Answer explanation

Hockney says our emotions and memory play a role in how we see the world. It makes some things bigger, or more memorable than others. Time passes in uneven ways and there are many ways of looking at an object.

Hockney is influenced by Cubism, a movement pioneered by Picasso. Which image is Cubism?

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