By: H Niyazi
Great piece Ben! It’s interesting you haven’t mentioned Vermeer yet – saving that for part 2?!! Have you read Vermeer’s Camera? http://www.vermeerscamera.co.uk/bookhome.htm It’s quite convincing IMO. I...
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H: Part two is already part of this blog… Would love to chime in on Vermeer, but don’t have time to catch up on all that bibliography! Isn’t it generally accepted that later artists like Vermeer and...
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Cheers for those pics – how fascinating! I found another article by Steadman on Vermeer at the BBC, very interesting stuff http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/empire_seapower/vermeer_camera_01.shtml H
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I found his arguments about Ingres and the camera lucida fairly persuasive, too. Wasn’t so convinced about Caravaggio.
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Hello, I am currently a senior in high school, and I am doing a project over perspective, the impact of optics and the photograph specifically. Do you have any advice for me on this? Suggested...
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Hi Larissa: a good place to start would be the work of Martin Kemp. Take a look at his book The Science of Art: Optical Themes in Western Art from Brunelleschi to Seurat. See:...
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