Artists primarily used the camera obscura to:
A. produce naturalistic drawings of the world.
B. develop photographic film in total darkness.
C. spy on their neighbors.
D. protect their unexposed photographic plates from the sun.
E. None of these answers are correct.
A
Artists concerned with making optically convincing representations through perspective and chiaroscuro welcomed this improved camera as a drawing tool.
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