Re:Vermeer Restoration Reveals a Painting Within a Painting
by atoav on Saturday September 11, 2021 @03:50AM
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Photographic composition consists of:
- the room, subjects placement
- how they are lit
- camera position and angle
- focal length (strengthens or flattens the perspective effect depending on the room)
- other optical effects (depth of field, long time exposure, bokeh, flares, ...)
The last point probably wasn't relevant for Vermeer, but if he would have used a Camera Obscura, getting all the former points correct on a way that produces a compelling image is not easy.
I could also imagine that he used a camera obscura to study and understand perspective and light, but painted without it, simply because that seems a little bit more practical.
- the room, subjects placement - how they are lit - camera position and angle - focal length (strengthens or flattens the perspective effect depending on the room) - other optical effects (depth of field, long time exposure, bokeh, flares, ...)
The last point probably wasn't relevant for Vermeer, but if he would have used a Camera Obscura, getting all the former points correct on a way that produces a compelling image is not easy.
I could also imagine that he used a camera obscura to study and understand perspective and light, but painted without it, simply because that seems a little bit more practical.