Posts Tagged ‘caravaggio’

Renaissance Artist Used Photography to Create Masterpieces, Researchers Say

Renaissance Artist Used Photography to Create Masterpieces, Researchers Say

  March 10, 2009–Rome– A 16th century master used modern darkroom techniques to create his masterpieces, more than 200 years before the invention of the camera, according to researchers. Italian researchers claim the technique explained why many of his subjects were left-handed — the image projected onto the canvas had been reversed. Art historian Roberta [...]