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  • Frontiers in Optics 2004/Laser Science XXII/Diffractive Optics and Micro-Optics/Optical Fabrication and Testing
  • OSA Technical Digest Series (Optica Publishing Group, 2004),
  • paper FWX3
  • https://doi.org/10.1364/FIO.2004.FWX3

The Hockney thesis and the history of optical projection

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Abstract

David Hockney’s recent book Secret Knowledge: Rediscovering the Lost Techniques of the Old Masters, argues that 15th century painters employed optical devices to achieve realistic portraiture. A reexamination of the history of optical projection techniques raises problems for Hockney’s thesis.

© 2004 Optical Society of America

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