The Title of this Blog "Art Enginuity", the Enginuity came from the Iron Bridge gorge museum, http://www.ironbridge.org.uk/our-attractions/enginuity/ I was told about the
Enginuity museum by a friend, i have yet to visit, but the title fitted
my Blog title exactly. It also fits the description of a lot of Artists, past and
present. Leonardo Da Vinci is one of those Artists, his ingenuity and his
Enginuity are a common thread running through his work.
Leonardo was Artist, Scientist, Mathematician, Engineer.
Even the way he constructed his works of Art, he used all his knowledge
of Science and Engineering, to create fine historic works of Art.
Here is one of his many drawings, which clearly show his association
with science and invention.
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| His study of light and shade on a sphere |
Look closely at Leonardo's drawing, he clearly used Mathematical
calculations to work out angles and graduation of shadow.
So this is just one connection of science used in Art, and the construction
of tone and shade in relation to Illuminated objects, giving a three dimensional
look to drawings or paintings and ultimately realism.
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Johannes Vermeer another fine Artist to possibly incorporate optical
Science, to aid his understanding of light and perspective.
Although there are only hints to Vermeer's use of
a optical devise called a "Camera Obscura", there is no definitive
evidence he actually use the lens to aid his work.
Even so the Camera Obscura has and will no doubt still, be a useful
aid to perspective. I suppose the modern day equivalent would be
a digital projector ( still using a lens ) to project an Image
onto a surface, but unlike the Camera Obscura, the digital Image
would have the advantage of projecting an Image, the
right way up and left & right correct.
No lens yet invented can be truly optically correct, it's just not
possible yet, but there is a ray of hope recently in "ePHOTOzine"
http://www.ephotozine.com/article/ultra-thin-lens-could-change-camera-designs-19984
My brother is fully aware of the limitations of his lens kit, he often
has to correct his Images in post production, to get rid of lens
distortion, fortunately his lenses are all able to be corrected
via software, some of his Images Here.
It may well be one day soon, he will be able to pick up a lens with
no optical distortion, the problem will be the Bank loan to pay for it.
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I leave you with this quote from John Constable;
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"Painting is a science and should be pursued as an inquiry into the laws of nature. Why, then, may not a landscape be considered as a branch of natural philosophy, of which pictures are but experiments?"
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Johannes Vermeer another fine Artist to possibly incorporate optical
Science, to aid his understanding of light and perspective.
Although there are only hints to Vermeer's use of
a optical devise called a "Camera Obscura", there is no definitive
evidence he actually use the lens to aid his work.
Even so the Camera Obscura has and will no doubt still, be a useful
aid to perspective. I suppose the modern day equivalent would be
a digital projector ( still using a lens ) to project an Image
onto a surface, but unlike the Camera Obscura, the digital Image
would have the advantage of projecting an Image, the
right way up and left & right correct.
No lens yet invented can be truly optically correct, it's just not
possible yet, but there is a ray of hope recently in "ePHOTOzine"
http://www.ephotozine.com/article/ultra-thin-lens-could-change-camera-designs-19984
My brother is fully aware of the limitations of his lens kit, he often
has to correct his Images in post production, to get rid of lens
distortion, fortunately his lenses are all able to be corrected
via software, some of his Images Here.
It may well be one day soon, he will be able to pick up a lens with
no optical distortion, the problem will be the Bank loan to pay for it.
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I leave you with this quote from John Constable;
---
"Painting is a science and should be pursued as an inquiry into the laws of nature. Why, then, may not a landscape be considered as a branch of natural philosophy, of which pictures are but experiments?"
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