Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20170227:02:45:00
>> from his study of art history, allen knew that medieval artists already used an optical device called a camera obscura. >> camera obscura work exactly like a human eye. what we have here is a box that is sealed. no light can enter into it except through this hole. like a human eye, there is a lens. whatever is outside this box is focused through this lens and forms an image on the back wall of the camera and it's inverted. in other words, it's upside down. >> the lens at the front of the camera ensures a sharp image is projected on the back wall. >> we know for a fact that this is very anci...