@evamarie <3 the lighting
I know! He’s a Dutch artist. Quite lovely.
@evamarie ah, I'm in love with the Dutch Masters and their command of light :D
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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
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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.