THE SECRETS OF PAINTING The Hidden Art of the Masterpiece from Prehistory to Today

How do you paint a masterpiece? Artist and broadcaster Lachlan Goudie returns to Bridport to explore how 20 of the greatest paintings in human history were created, from a blank surface to the finishing brushstroke.

From 36,000-year-old cave paintings to the digital art of David Hockney, he interrogates each artist’s individual methods and techniques. And there’s a bigger picture: this is the story of how the evolution of painting materials – from spit, bone marrow and blood to digital image-making – has changed the course of human creativity.

“Stupendous … a wonderful gift to the world of art loversˮ Simon Schama.

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