[David Hockney's Secret knowledge]

Description:

Investigation of how early painters used simple cameras to capture realistic images--400 years before the invention of the photograph. Examines works by Jan Van Eyck, Vermeer, Holbein, Caravaggio and Velazquez. Demonstrates methods using camera lucida, camera obscura and convex mirrors.

subjects: Realism in art,  Painting,  Technique,  History,  Camera obscuras,  Camera lucidas,  Renaissance Painting,  Painting from photographs