Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]http://www.britannica.com/seo/c/camera-lucida/ Sorry , I meant to say obscura, lucida came later, artists refer to them as "lucys". There were several other optical devices besides the CA available at the time, I will have to dig that paper out. Dan pgw@ecr.net - -----Original Message----- From: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] Sent: Friday, July 10, 2893 6:44 PM To: Pgw Subject: Re: [Leica] Bokeh - OT Long Dan Hausman wrote: > > I wrote a Art History paper in 1979 on the fact that Vermeer used a camera > Lucida to help his rendering, he even rendered the optical artifacts in his > work. My art history prof said I was full of beans. HA! > > Dan pgw@ecr.net > I didn't think it was news that Vermeer used a camera obscura to help him with his work as did other painters. But what the heck is a Lucida? Mark Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA http://www.rabiner.cncoffice.com/