[1끊어읽기] TOEFL Reading : The Use of the Camera Obscura 2  

2th passage

 

Did some of the great masters of painting, 

then, 

trace 

their images 

using a camera obscura?

 

Some art historians

are now looking 

for clues of artists' use 

of such devices.

 

One of the artists 

whose paintings are being analyzed 

from this point of view

is the great Dutch master,

Jan Vermeer,

who lived from 1632 to 1675

during the flowering of art and science 

in the Netherlands, 

including the science of optics.

Vermeer produced 

only about 30 known paintings,

including his famous The Art of Painting.

 

The room 

shown in it

closely resembles

the room 

in other Vermeer paintings,

with lighting coming 

from a window on the left,

the same roof beams, 

and similar floor tiles,

suggesting 

that the room was fitted 

with a camera obscura 

on the side in the foreground.

 

The map

hung on the opposite wall 

was a real map

in Vermeer's possession, 

repoduced 

in such faithful detail 

that some kind of tracery is suspected.

 

When one of Vermeer's paintings

was X-rayed, 

it did not have

any preliminary sketches

on the canvas 

beneath the paint,

but rather 

the complete image 

drawn 

in black and white 

without any rial sketchs.

 

Vermeer 

did not have 

any students, 

did not keep 

any records,

and did not encourage

anyone

to visit his studio,

facts 

that can be interpreted 

as protecting his secret use 

of camera obscura.

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2th passage

 

Did 

some of the great masters of painting, 

then, 

trace 

their images 

using a camera obscura?

Some art historians

are now looking 

for clues of artists' use 

of such devices.

One of the artists 

whose paintings are being anlyzed 

from this point of view

is the great Dutch master, Jan Vermeer,

who lived from 1632 to 1675 during the flowering of art and science 

in the Netherlands, 

including the science of optics.

Vermeer 

produced 

only about 30 known paintings,

including his famous The Art of Painting.

The room 

shown 

in it closely resembles the room 

in other Vermeer paintings,

with lighting coming 

fomr a window on the left,

the same roof beams, 

and similar floor tiles,

suggesting 

that the room was fitted 

with a camera obscura 

on the side in the foreground. 

The map

hung on the opposite wall 

was a real map in Vermeer's possession, 

repoduced 

in such faithful detail 

that some kind of tracery is suspected.

When one of Vermeer's paintings

was X-rayed, 

it 

did not have

any preliminary sketches

on the canvas 

beneath the paint,

but rather 

the complete image 

drawn 

in black and white 

without any rial sketchs.

Vermeer 

did not have 

any students, 

did not keep 

any records,

and did not encourage

anyone

to visit his studio,

facts 

that can be interpreted 

as protecting his secret use 

of camera obscura. 

 

 

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