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Why Did Artists Use Pinhole Cameras During The Renaissance

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1. What is pinhole photography?

Pinhole photography is the practice of creating an inverted illusion with an aperture instead of a camera lens. It's not necessarily recording the image but displaying it instead.

2. What materials are needed to create a pinhole camera?

Two cardboard cylinder rolls.

Two pieces of circular paper.

Tape.

A needle.

3. What are the three ways that a person can manipulate light?

Refraction.

Reflection.

Projection.

4. Explain why the image is projected upside down.

The illusion is presented upside down due to light traveling in a straight line through the aperture. The light then bounces back onto the surface. Then you end up with an inverted image.

5. Why did artists use pinhole cameras during the Renaissance?

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