Unveiling the Past
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Who is credited with inventing the camera obscura?

  • Leonardo da Vinci
  • Isaac Newton
  • Galileo Galilei
  • Aristotle (correct)

    • What is a camera obscura?

  • A device that captures light
  • A box with a pinhole opening (correct)
  • A type of lens
  • A dark chamber

    • What did scientists and artists become fascinated with in the camera obscura?

  • The size of the camera obscura
  • The way images were projected onto the opposite wall
  • The way light refracted through the lens (correct)
  • The way the pinhole opening controlled light

    • What did early innovators of photography personify in their process?

    <p>The hand of nature</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why did art critics dismiss mechanical photography?

    <p>They believed it took away the agency of aesthetic creation</p> Signup and view all the answers

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