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It's interesting to see David Hockney there, since he made a documentary many years ago (the 90s?) about how Vermeer might have used lenses and mirrors to creat
by m0nty 12y ago
It's interesting to see David Hockney there, since he made a documentary many years ago (the 90s?) about how Vermeer might have used lenses and mirrors to create his paintings.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynrnfBnhWSo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynrnfBnhWSo
He points out that the intricacy of Vermeer's paintings, and peculiarities of perspective, strongly suggest the use of a camera obscura (or other optical device) to aid his work.
This is not to detract from the investigation in the OA, just point out that others have been this way before.
- kencausey 12y agoI've not seen the film but I have heard Penn discuss it to some extent and I believe he has made it clear that the idea in a general sense and certainly in particular to the use of a camera obscura well predate Tim's interest. Where Tim goes further than any example I'm aware of is in actually implementing and spending a significant amount of time testing a specific implementation to which Vermeer can reasonably be expected to have had access.
- justincormack 12y agoHockney did that sort of test too, I believe, although as an artist so perhaps saw it differently eg he knew how to paint first so could perhaps work with less.
- sp332 12y agoThe article points out the problem with using a camera obscura: when it's dark enough to see the color of the scene, you can't see the color of your paint. This new build apparently addresses that particular problem.
- acomjean 12y agoDavid Hockney plays a not insignificant part in the documentary. They're pretty honest that the idea that these painters where using tools to help them did not originate with them.