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Camera obscuras

Scope note

Rooms or boxes with a single small opening, with or without a lens, through which an inverted image is projected from outside the box onto the opposite interior wall.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300022487

Broader Terms used

<image-projecting equipment>

Equivalent Terms used

camera obscura

Created

13yrs ago

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