title: The artist and defective sight (a book review and commentary).
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Many authors have wondered if an artist "sees" things differently because of a vision disorder. For example, if a famous artist has a color deficiency, what would the effect be on his paintings? Would a painting be affected by a cataractous eye--or by presbyopia--or by diabetic retinopathy? Such questions have always interested the eye and vision specialist.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A 1970 book entitled The World Through Blunted Sight, written by British ophthalmologist Patrick Trevor-Roper, attempts to answer those questions.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Interesting speculations are offered about the effects of myopia, astigmatism, presbyopia, and altered color vision on the works of such well-known artists as Monet, Holbein, Whistler, Gainsborough, and many others.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tannebaum
mesh_terms: D001154:Art / Q000266:history*; D005197:Famous Persons; D005260:Female; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000266:history*