> > > > Actually, this maybe of interest to some people on this list. > > > Charlie falco who is a physicist, together with an artist > > > David Hockney > > > did a research where they used optical distortions to demonstrate > > > that some Renaissance era drawing were made by tracing images > > obtained > > > with lenses (diffractive and/or refractive). > > > > > > > Some Renaissance paintings include subtle clues about it. > For example, > > Leonardo's pictures of an artist using a perspective device, as well > > as his writings about artists' uses of perspective devices. > > > > I'm amazed that Hockney and others make such a fuss about it. > > Bob, > > A fuss? No more then that about K10D, K1D, K20D, etc... :-) > > Well... > 1. The articles in question demonstrate these conclusions > based on solid optics-based evaluation of the drawings. > The authors methodically analized many paintings, and concluded that > _many_ artists must be using lenses+tracing. > > 2. Apparently, some researchers do not agree with the conclusions > Hockney and Falco make. As far as I can tell, the biggest opponent is > David Stork, whose multiple publications where he is objecting > the conclusions of Hockney and Falco (IMHO too aggresively). > It shows that it is far from being accepted unanomously. >
So what? During the Renaissance and later some painters used optical devices, lenses etc. to help them with their painting. We know this because some of them, and some other Renaissance people, wrote about it and even painted it. It was no secret. Five hundred years later some people analyse some of the paintings scientifically and find good evidence that they were indeed painted using optical and perspective devices. Big surprise - Leonardo wasn't just making it up out of his head. They publish books about it, make documentaries and go on lecture tours talking about their amazing discoveries, coincidentally earning large fees. Some other people disagree with them, so they publish books about it, make documentaries and go on lecture tours, coincidentally earning large fees. Good for them, I say - nothing wrong with earning an honest buck. After years of research I've recently discovered that many Renaissance painters used a substance called 'paint', and some of them even used brush-like instruments which we call brushes. I can demonstrate this by pointing to the evidence of so-called 'brush marks' left in the so-called 'paint'. However, a number of scholars disagree and believe the pictures were formed my transcendental meditation out of phlogiston. Now, where's my publisher? Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
