Eye of the Beholder

David Hockney’s claim that famous artists traced their work using camera-like devices misses the point (“Artistic Fact or Optical Delusion?” Dec. 3). Art is not about “exactness.” The great masters were craftsmen, but a work hangs in a museum because it transcends craft. To imply they were not so great is the worst kind of historical revisionism I can imagine.

Bob Kay

Newport Beach