Who created the first optic lens?
During ancient times there were many observations surrounding light and its properties. These led to ancient scientists looking into the behavior of light and how it interacts with its surroundings, which we know today as the branch of physics called optics. Ancient civilizations started polishing crystals, mostly quartz, to replicate the optical abilities that can be found when looking at water. The most famous of these experiments was the Nimrud lens which was made by the Assyrians between 750–710 BC. The lens was thought to be either a decorative piece, magnifying glass, or tool for starting fires.
Anything missing?
Can’t find an answer to your question? Or do you have some useful advice to add to one of our courses? We want to build the world’s largest analogue learning space, so please send any further requests or information to school@lomography.com and we’ll take a look!
More Courses
-
What was a carte de visite?
Carte de visites were small photographic portraits mounted on card that were incredibly popular during the mid-19th century in Europe and the USA.
-
Who first invented photography?
It was Joseph Nicéphore Niépce who successfully captured the first photographic image using the Camera Obscura, by taking a view from the window of his house.
-
What were the earliest mediums for portrait photography?
The two earliest mediums for portrait photography were the daguerreotype, invented in 1839 by Louis Daguerre, and the calotype, invented by William Henry Fox Talbot in 1841.
-
What is a physiognotrace?
The physiognotrace, which was invented in France in 1783, was a handy instrument that automated the production of silhouette portraits.
-
What is the camera lucida?
The camera lucida was patented in 1806 by an English chemist, William Hyde Wollaston, and is an optical device which casted a superimposition of the subject is casted onto a flat surface.
-
How is Aristotle connected to photography?
Aristotle described the phenomenon of the camera obscura in the 4th Century BC, which is seen as an ancient building block for the later invention of photography.
-
Who was Giambattista della Porta?
Giambattista della Porta was an Italian polymath who was the first to manipulate the image of a new and improved camera obscura through use of a concave mirror, which reflected an image right side up.
-
What is Heliography?
Heliography was invented by Nicéphore Niépce around 1822, and used the sun’s rays to create sun pictures.
-
What are the contributions of lithography?
Lithography allowed artists to directly draw their original work onto a limestone surface then, by using a grease crayon, print multiple copies.