Hound in the hunt : optical aids in art / [essays by Tim Jenison and Jonathan Janson ; foreword by David Walsh]

This companion volume to the documentary film examines the hypothesis that Johannes Vermeer utilised optical devices to create his paintings. It details the practical experiments undertaken to replicate the artist's techniques using 17th-century technology.

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Art criticism/Criticism/Rhetoric/Authorship Camera lucidas/Optical instruments/Physical instruments/Scientific apparatus and instruments/Research -- Equipment and supplies Camera obscuras/Optical instruments/Physical instruments/Scientific apparatus and instruments/Research -- Equipment and supplies Lenses/Optical instruments/Physical instruments/Scientific apparatus and instruments/Research -- Equipment and supplies Mirrors/Optical instruments/Physical instruments/Scientific apparatus and instruments/Research -- Equipment and supplies Optics and art/Art/Arts Painting -- Technique/Graphic arts/Art/Arts