Comments on: CAMERA LUCIDA http://splashingpaintblog.com/2010/01/05/camera-lucida/ Paintings, photograph's and thoughts of a wandering artist Sun, 20 May 2012 22:29:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: splashingpaint http://splashingpaintblog.com/2010/01/05/camera-lucida/#comment-349 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:17:59 +0000 http://splashingpaintblog.com/?p=1911#comment-349 Hi Alex,
Thanks for your comments.
I don’t know if it is mentioned in the David Hockney book, but the original camera lucida made by Wollaston was simply a piece of bent wire with a half silvered prism attached with wax. I imagine it would have been just as effective as the beautiful brass device it led to!
Cheers
John

]]> By: Alex Zonis http://splashingpaintblog.com/2010/01/05/camera-lucida/#comment-346 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:11:25 +0000 http://splashingpaintblog.com/?p=1911#comment-346 I am envious you got a hold of a camera lucida. I am reading Secret Knowledge by David Hockney at the moment, he discusses various optics old masters may have used. The camera lucida is covered at length which makes me very curious about how optics really work in this device. Pictures in the book are great, but cannot compare to hands-on experiments. Thank you for posting detailed photos.

I also want to take a moment to thank you for your great blog and especially your tutorials. I am visiting often to read and to study.

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