Getting Started With Netduino

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David Hockney將手中iPhone與iPad化為畫布，以豐富色彩與簡練線條，捕捉窗外風景最瞬息的變化：朝霞漸起、暮色低垂、春天悄然來臨。書中收錄120幅數位畫作，由藝術家親自編選排序，呈現時間流動中的靜謐與驚喜。這不只是畫冊，更像Hockney親手遞上的一束花，提醒我們——觀看本身就是一種喜悅與慶祝。'For me, it's really the joy of looking out into the world and getting this positive energy... It's opening up our vision, and how we look'--David HockneyWhen David Hockney discovered the iPhone as an artistic medium, it opened up entirely new possibilities for his art. He made his first digital paintings in spring 2009, describing the morning landscape in broad lines and dazzling colors directly on a display that offered subtle hues as unmixed expressions of pure light. Then in 2010, Hockney started working with an iPad, and the larger screen expanded his artistic repertoire and enabled an even more complex interplay of color, light, and line. Each image in this book captures a fleeting moment seen through a window in Hockney's Yorkshire home: from vibrant sunrise and lilac morning sky to peaceful night-time impressions or the sudd