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Hound in the hunt : optical aids in art

by David Walsh, Tim Jenison, Jonathan Janson

An accompaniment to the documentary film Tim's Vermeer, this volume explores the hypothesis that the seventeenth-century Dutch artist used optical instruments to achieve photorealistic paintings. It includes bibliographical references.

Accession 13517 ISBN 9780992419271 Publisher Museum of Old and New Art (Mona)
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