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Its funny that you say that since photography was invented in France in that period. Was it the paintings that were photorealistic, or the photos that were pain

Its funny that you say that since photography was invented in France in that period. Was it the paintings that were photorealistic, or the photos that were painterly?

TacticalCoder 2y ago
Mirrors did exists since a long time though. You can substitute "photorealistic" with "looks like the square (or rectangle) picture in the mirror". Turns out photographic pictures did capture that "image in the mirror" picture. Funnily enough, using... Mirrors. > ... or the photos that were painterly? The answer is simply no. The real world doesn't work like that: photons/mirrors/prisms/our eyes "capturing" photons. Physics vs dialectic if you want.
- kingkawn 2y ago
  The nature of the photographic mechanism becomes a new definition of “reality,” but it is still a cultural byproduct, leaving Realness to be still uncovered in all kinds of ways
- taejo 2y ago
  > You can substitute "photorealistic" with "looks like the square (or rectangle) picture in the mirror". Reflections in the mirror have depth and motion. Even without the viewer or the subject moving, the viewer can see depth in the mirror that isn't in a photo. In those respects, photos are more like paintings than mirrors. Of course, in other respects, they're more like mirrors.
- spython 2y ago
  In early photography history there was a pictorialist movement where people used special sort focus lenses to introduce more of a painterly quality. These lenses, such as Rodenstock Imagon still exist and are sought after.
- DiscourseFan 2y ago
  So what you’re saying is that the mirror is the measure, and that the projections based on photons, etc. are fundenmentally evidenced by the form of the mirror image?
WalterBright 2y ago
For how photorealistic paintings can be made with little painting skill, a setup with mirrors, and lots of patience: Tim's Vermeer https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3089388 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3089388

Its funny that you say that since photography was invented in France in that period. Was it the paintings that were photorealistic, or the photos that were painterly?

TacticalCoder 2y ago

Mirrors did exists since a long time though. You can substitute "photorealistic" with "looks like the square (or rectangle) picture in the mirror". Turns out photographic pictures did capture that "image in the mirror" picture. Funnily enough, using... Mirrors. > ... or the photos that were painterly? The answer is simply no. The real world doesn't work like that: photons/mirrors/prisms/our eyes "capturing" photons. Physics vs dialectic if you want.

kingkawn 2y ago
The nature of the photographic mechanism becomes a new definition of “reality,” but it is still a cultural byproduct, leaving Realness to be still uncovered in all kinds of ways
taejo 2y ago
> You can substitute "photorealistic" with "looks like the square (or rectangle) picture in the mirror". Reflections in the mirror have depth and motion. Even without the viewer or the subject moving, the viewer can see depth in the mirror that isn't in a photo. In those respects, photos are more like paintings than mirrors. Of course, in other respects, they're more like mirrors.
spython 2y ago
In early photography history there was a pictorialist movement where people used special sort focus lenses to introduce more of a painterly quality. These lenses, such as Rodenstock Imagon still exist and are sought after.
DiscourseFan 2y ago
So what you’re saying is that the mirror is the measure, and that the projections based on photons, etc. are fundenmentally evidenced by the form of the mirror image?

WalterBright 2y ago

For how photorealistic paintings can be made with little painting skill, a setup with mirrors, and lots of patience: Tim's Vermeer https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3089388 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3089388