1) Artistic technique
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As an image taken by the government it is not covered by copyright. Sourced from http://www.loc.gov Photograph of a poster, cropped. ...
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[book] Camera Lucida (in French, La Chambre claire) is a short book published in 1980 by the French literary theorist and philosopher Roland Barthes. It is simultaneously an inquiry into the nature and essence of photography and a eulogy to Barthes` late mother. The book investigates the effects of photography on the spectator (as distinct ...
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A camera lucida is an optical device used as a drawing aid by artists. The camera lucida performs an optical superimposition of the subject being viewed upon the surface upon which the artist is drawing. The artist sees both scene and drawing surface simultaneously, as in a photographic double exposure. This allows the artist to duplicate key poin...
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• An instrument which by means of a prism of a peculiar form, or an arrangement of mirrors, causes an apparent image of an external object or objects to appear as if projected upon a plane surface, as of paper or canvas, so that the outlines may conveniently traced. It is generally used with the microscope.
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(Latin: `light chamber`), optical instrument invented in 1807 by William Hyde Wollaston to facilitate accurate sketching of objects. It consists of ... [1 related articles]
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In art, a common drawing aid in the 17th century that worked on similar principles to the less practical
camera obscura (which transmitted an external scene through a small hole in the wall of a...
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An optical device which, by the use of a prism, makes it possible to copy an object. The rays of lig
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Attachment for a microscope that permits both a view of the object and, simultaneously, of the viewer&`s hand and drawing implement, thus facilitating accurate drawing of the object of interest.
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Cam'e·ra lu'ci·da [ Latin
camera chamber + Latin
lucidus ,
lucida , lucid, light.]
(Opt.) An instrument which by means of a prism of a peculiar form, or an arrangement of mirrors, causes an apparent image of an external object or objects to appear as if projected upon a plane surface, as of ...
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A camera Lucida is an optical instrument employed to facilitate the sketching of objects from nature by producing a reflected picture of them upon paper. Wollaston's apparatus is one of the commonest. The essential part is a totally-reflecting prism with four angles, one of which is 90 degrees, the opposite one 135 degrees, and the other two each 6...
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n] - an optical device consisting of an attachment that enables an observer to view simultaneously the image and a drawing surface for sketching it
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camera lucida An optical device that uses prisms, mirrors, and sometimes a microscope to project a virtual image on a plane so it can be traced.
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instrument by which the rays of light from an object are reflected by a peculiarly-shaped prism, and produce an image on paper placed beneath the instrument, whilst the eye at the same time can see directly the pencil with which the image is being traced.
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noun an optical device consisting of an attachment that enables an observer to view simultaneously the image and a drawing surface for sketching it
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In art, a common drawing aid in the 17th century that worked on similar principles to the less practical camera obscura (which transmitted an external scene through a small hole in the wall of a darkened room, forming an inverted image on the opposite wall). The camera lucida uses a prism and mirrors to project the image of an external object onto ...
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