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Bottom line
In his book, Hockney illustrates the use of the same device he claims that Ingres used to do his drawings. In comparing Ingres' drawings to Hockneys' it is quite obvious that it takes far more than a mere optical device to create masterful drawings. Hockney manages to be inaccurate, cartoonlike and generally heavy-handed compared to the genius that personifies all that Ingres touched. It's actually quite sad.
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