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Camera Obscura Drawing Aid. Also referred to as a pinhole image, it lets light in through a small opening on one side and projects a reversed and inverted image on the other. 3.4 out of 5 stars 309.

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The camera obscura was invented to help artists draw. There are theories that occurrences of camera obscura effects (through tiny holes in tents or in screens of animal hide) inspired paleolithic cave paintings. It originated as early as the 4th century bce with chinese philosopher mozi.

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Cesare cesarini 1521 account of co: 3.2 out of 5 stars 26. Through the hole (aperture), the image is projected from the outside onto the back wall of the box (room), but upside down (but not inverted) but colored and live! The camera obscura's potential as a drawing aid may have been familiar to artists by as early as the 15th century.