Vermeer's Camera: Uncovering the Truth behind the Masterpieces

from NielsenGW

There have been many times I've looked at a piece of art and wondered how they created it. From Escher's mind-blowing drawings to Calder's amazingly delicate mobiles, how artists engineer their art is almost as interesting as the art itself. In Vermeer's Camera, Philip Steadman painstakingly deta...

from booktsunami

There has been a huge amount of speculation about Johannes Vermeer's paintings. It is generally agreed that the perspective is too perfect and so it is suspected that he must have used some sort of mechanical contrivance to help him get the right perspective. This particular book pursues the idea...

from FPdC

A brilliant book about the use of the camera obscura by the famous 17th century dutch artist. Steadman's argument relies heavily on the geometric reconstruction of Vermeer's studio, made possible by the regular tilling of the floor and by the singular fact that in The Music Lesson there is a mirr...