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Vermeer:
[Describing his newly arrived Camera Obscura]
See this? This is called a lens. Beams of reflected light from that corner pass through it, into the box, so that we can see it here. Griet:
Is it real? Vermeer:
It's an image. A picture made of light. Griet:
Does the box show you what to paint? Vermeer:
It helps
[Describing his newly arrived Camera Obscura]
See this? This is called a lens. Beams of reflected light from that corner pass through it, into the box, so that we can see it here. Griet:
Is it real? Vermeer:
It's an image. A picture made of light. Griet:
Does the box show you what to paint? Vermeer:
It helps
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See this
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This is called a lens
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Beams of reflected light from that corner pass through it
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into the box so that we can see it here
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Is it real
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It's an image
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A picture made of light
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Does the box show you what to paint
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It helps
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Movie Summary
A young peasant maid working in the house of painter Johannes Vermeer becomes his talented assistant and the model for one of his most famous works.

