February 15, 2002
Painting With the Aid of Optical Technology
To the Editor:
In response to "Traces of Artistry," by Laurie Fendrich (The Review, January 11), I have followed the optics debate for over a year, and I am less concerned with whether or not David Hockney is right than with the quality of his logic and the impact of his assertions upon the general public. For one thing, it is not altogether clear what it is that Mr. Hockney might be right about. If his thesis is that artists of the past used lenses and mirrors more than we had
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