The tensions between facts and fantasy

Author: 
Anderson, D.
Journal: 
Studium
Volume: 
8 (4-2015), pp.227–230
Publisher: 
Den Haag: Gewina
Year: 
2016

Essay Review of: Laura Snyder, Eye of the Beholder: Johannes Vermeer, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, and the Reinvention of Seeing (New York: W. W. Norton 2015). 448 pages, ill. ISBN 0393077462.

full text of review available online

On his blog, Gary Schwartz responded to Eye of the Beholder's claims about Vermeer's use of the camera obscura as well as his relationship with Leeuwenhoek.