Article ID: CBB000502151

Looking for an Artificial Eye: On the Borderline between Painting and Topography (2005)

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Camerota, Filippo (Author)


Early Science and Medicine: A Journal for the Study of Science, Technology and Medicine in the Pre-modern Period
Volume: 10
Pages: 263--286


Publication Date: 2005
Edition Details: Symposium on “The Hockney-Falco Thesis”
Language: English

Description Discusses optical instruments and painting. Looks at interpretation of the telescope as an “artificial eye.”


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Article Dupré, Sven (2005) Introduction. The Hockney-Falco Thesis: Constraints and Opportunities. Early Science and Medicine: A Journal for the Study of Science, Technology and Medicine in the Pre-modern Period (p. 125). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Dinah Jasensky
Zuidervaart, Huib J.
Rijks, Marlise
Zuidervaart, Huibert Jan
Zik, Yaakov
Willach, Rolf
Concepts
Optics
Telescopes
Science and art
Scientific apparatus and instruments
Painters and painting
Perspective
Time Periods
17th century
Renaissance
16th century
18th century
15th century
Early modern
Places
Netherlands
Hague (Nethelands)
Dublin (Ireland)
England
Delft (Netherlands)
Italy
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