This is an interesting book on the subject of Vermeer's camera:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Vermeers-Camera-Uncovering-Behind-Masterpieces/dp/0192803026
David Hockney wrote a book about artists using various optical devices in the
quest for more lifelike representation.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sec
Well seen, Bob. A larger view of "The Lock" for comparison:
http://uploads7.wikiart.org/images/john-constable/the-lock-1824.jpg
Interesting question, Frank. It is no secret that many painters use
photographs of scenes, rather than the scenes themselves as their
subject matter or inspiration. Some
Amazing.
Thanks for posting.
On another, related note, I've always wondered Constable (or any master) would
have been able to do with a camera. As a painter he has the huge advantage of
being able to amalgamate various elements from numerous studies, or he could
even just make stuff up (like
Look how the position of the man on the ladder imitates the position of the
figure in this picture:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-34372281
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I watched 'Last Year in Marienbad' for the first time yesterday. In a film
about time, the unreliability of memory, and non-linear narrative one
expects confusion about past, present, future and the meaning of existence.
Perhaps Bill Clinton had Resnais' enigmatic masterpiece in mind when he made
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