Vermeer's paintings might be 350 year-old color photographs | pixels and pictures | Scoop.it
From boingboing.net - June 11, 2014 1:18 AM

Tim Jenison, a Texas-based inventor, attempts to solve one of the greatest mysteries in the art world: How did Dutch master Johannes Vermeer manage to paint so photo-realistically 150 years before the invention of photography? Here's how he conducted his experiment.