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  Photography Forum: Philosophy Of Photography Forum: 
  Q. Was renaissance artists photographers ?

Asked by Erkan Gokce    (K=1414) on 8/31/2004 
think about the renaissance artists. were they actually making paintings or trying to take photos?What they were trying to do is taking photos with their brushes in my opinion..
So do you think that only the difference between a photographer and them is technique?
Who knows if there were photo machines in their times, they would be great photographers..lol..


    


 Chuck Freeman   (K=13616) - Comment Date 9/2/2004
You are right, though no cameras seemed to exist then. A lot of great artist use cameras today for reference. I imagine that those artists used drawings for refence. They were real masters though. Imagine trying to memorize the color range in the photo attached.




 Chuck Freeman   (K=13616) - Comment Date 9/2/2004
Maybe this time for color range
Chuck




 Bad Site   (K=979) - Comment Date 9/6/2004
They were making paintings using a camera as an aid. Do some research on the "camera obscura". Da Vinci mentions the camera in his notebooks. Researchers have discovered in some of Vermeer's paintings lens defects painted in.
For a excellent overview of the subject see: David Hockney's, "Secret Knowledge - rediscovering the lost techniques of the old masters."
BTW, this subject is usually discussed in most art/photo history 101 classes.



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