A photographic reconstruction (right) of Vermeer's The Music Lesson (left) reveals that a camera obscura may have been a part of the artist's armoury. Vermeer's Camera: Uncovering the Truth Behind the Masterpieces by Philip Steadman (Oxford University Press, £17.99, $25) examines this controversial idea.
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Through the eye of the camera?. Nature 412, 380 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35086631
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