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Skidmore

(37,364 posts) Tue Jun 17, 2014, 02:00 PM Jun 2014

Yoohoo, CTyankee, you may be interested in

this. I found it absolutely fascinating. I'm a big fan of Vermeer and the Dutch masters. I hope these links pull up for you.

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/tags/painting/

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Yoohoo, CTyankee, you may be interested in (Original Post) Skidmore Jun 2014 OP

Wow. That looks interesting. ananda Jun 2014 #1

I had seen this! The use of camera lucida, as illustrated in the film, shows the way he did those CTyankee Jun 2014 #2

ananda

(28,858 posts)

1. Wow. That looks interesting.

Reply to Skidmore (Original post)

Tue Jun 17, 2014, 02:14 PM

Jun 2014

I mean... was Vermeer a machine?

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)

2. I had seen this! The use of camera lucida, as illustrated in the film, shows the way he did those

Reply to Skidmore (Original post)

Tue Jun 17, 2014, 02:28 PM

Jun 2014

paintings. It's an incredible optical phenomenon. A nice explanation of its history here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camera_lucida

David Hockney wrote a book on it which I read and is referenced in my link.

Thanks so much, Skidmore!

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