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Caravaggio used 'photography' to create dramatic masterpieces

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Caravaggio used 'photography' to create dramatic masterpieces - 03-12-2009, 03:35 PM


Renaissance artist Caravaggio used an early form of photography to project images of his subjects onto a canvas using a noxious concoction of crushed fireflies and white lead...


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A very interesting read building on Hockney's "Secret Knowledge."

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Thanks for sharing that. I am constantly amazed by these types of stories. The Romans even had a coin/automatic dispensers of soap that used hydraulics.
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