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![Caravaggio Was Early ‘Photographer’
The Italian artist - noted for his chiaroscuro (light and shadow) paintings - used “techniques that are the basis of photography”.
It was already known he worked in a “darkroom” and illuminated his models through a hole in the ceiling.
But…[it is now believed]…the image was also projected on a canvas and “fixed”.
Light-sensitive substances applied to the canvas would have “fixed” the image for around 30 minutes, allowing Caravaggio to paint the image with broad strokes using white lead mixed with chemicals and minerals that were visible in the dark….
[He] could have used a photoluminescent powder from crushed fireflies, which was used at the time to create special effects in theatre productions.](http://28.media.tumblr.com/1jedb7fhakz3dvt3K9kbb0ZJo1_250.jpg)
Caravaggio Was Early ‘Photographer’
The Italian artist - noted for his chiaroscuro (light and shadow) paintings - used “techniques that are the basis of photography”.
It was already known he worked in a “darkroom” and illuminated his models through a hole in the ceiling.
But…[it is now believed]…the image was also projected on a canvas and “fixed”.
Light-sensitive substances applied to the canvas would have “fixed” the image for around 30 minutes, allowing Caravaggio to paint the image with broad strokes using white lead mixed with chemicals and minerals that were visible in the dark….
[He] could have used a photoluminescent powder from crushed fireflies, which was used at the time to create special effects in theatre productions.
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