@Zevon @evamarie

(And optics in some cases)

true. something about their work has always enchanted me. When I visited Quebec City some time ago the local galleries featured several modern European painters who emulate the Dutch Masters - I loved strolling the cobblestone streets popping into the galleries and letting myself be carried away by the beauty 💚 @Sr0bi @evamarie

@Sr0bi @evamarie I found it, this is a piece of memorabilia from the galerie LACROIX I collected on that trip: I almost bought this painting, till sanity reigned! I visited the little gallery everyday to stand before it.

Willem Heijkoop (b. 1942)

A côté d'Amsterdam

@Zevon @Sr0bi

Love this 💕

@Sr0bi @Zevon

Optics is certainly an interesting area in art. Although there is no proof, many art historians speculate Vermeer used a camera obscura (precursor of the camera) to help create his art:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/empire_seapower/vermeer_camera_01.shtml

@evamarie @Zevon

I don't know if it has been confirmed to everyone's satisfaction but in Tim's Vermeer (2013) there was a painting that exhibited a form of lens distortion. I'd be curious whether more instances have been observed. That would seem like pretty substantial proof provided that they weren't dealing with a flawed reproduction.

@Sr0bi @evamarie interesting!