Download or read book Art Ophthalmology written by Philippe Lanthony and published by Wayenborgh Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book More Than Meets the Eye written by Georgina Kleege and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More Than Meets the Eye' seeks to dismantle traditional understandings of blindness through scrutiny of philosophical speculation, scientific case studies, literary depictions, and museum access programs for the blind. It introduces blind and visually impaired artists whose work has shattered stereotypes and opened up new aesthetic possibilities for everyone.
Download or read book Art Beyond Sight written by Elisabeth Salzhauer Axel and published by American Foundation for the Blind. This book was released on 2003 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Hole in My Vision written by Lee Allen and published by Penfield Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Age-related macular degeneration is a devastating eye disease that affects 15 million Americans and is the leading cause of blindness in the developed world. It strikes nearly 10 percent of people over the age of 65 and nearly 30 percent of everyone over 75. There is no known cure for macular degeneration -- and the exact cause of the disease has not been found. However, a University of Iowa cell biologist and key member of the university's first-of-a-kind macular degeneration center says most cases are genetic and smoking has been identified as a contributing factor. A new book written by a retired UI ophthalmic illustrator, now 90 years old, is helping scientists, ophthalmologists and their patients better understand this debilitating disease. In his 120-page book, "The Hole in My Vision: An Artist's View of His Own Macular Degeneration," Lee Allen describes vividly his 12-year battle with macular degeneration. A host of illustrations he drew vividly illustrates the disease process. Thomas M. Weingeist, MD, PhD, professor and head of the UI Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, says the book provides an unusual view of the disease through the author's own eyes. "Here, with a level of accuracy never before attempted, we can see the patient's view looking out at the world through his damaged eyes and compare it to the view his doctor saw while looking into his eyes." Allen, protege of the noted Iowa artist Grant Wood, was uniquely qualified to draw the sketches -- for nearly 40 years he drew, photographed and studied eye diseases as an illustrator and researcher for the UI eye department. Rich in quotes and examples, the article tells readers about the only current viable treatment, laser surgery, and gives them hope that researchers are making significant progress in tracking down the cause of the disease and in finding a cure for it. Excellent color photographs are available as well.
Download or read book The Artist s Eyes written by Michael Marmor and published by . This book was released on 2009-10 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title presents a celebration of vision, of art and of the relationship between the two. Artists see the world in physical terms as we all do. However, they may be more perceptive than most in interpreting the complexity of how and what they see. In this fascinating juxtaposition of science and art history, ophthalmologists Michael Marmor and James G. Ravin examine the role of vision and eye disease in art. They focus on the eye, where the process of vision originates and investigate how aspects of vision have inspired - and confounded - many of the world's most famous artists. Why do Georges Seurat's paintings appear to shimmer? How come the eyes in certain portraits seem to follow you around the room? Are the broad brushstrokes in Monet's Water Lilies due to cataracts? Could van Gogh's magnificent yellows be a result of drugs? How does eye disease affect the artistic process? Or does it at all? "The Artist's Eyes" considers these questions and more. It is a testament to the triumph of artistic talent over human vulnerability and a tribute to the paintings that define eras, the artists who made them and the eyes through which all of us experience art.
Download or read book The Art of Seeing written by Aldous Leonard Huxley and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-01 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Art of Seeing" by Aldous Leonard Huxley. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Download or read book The Eye of the Artist written by Michael F. Marmor and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where medical science and artistic philosophy meet, you will find The Eye of the Artist. It offers a collection of essays and artworks that show the constraints which human vision places upon artistic creation - and the triumph of artistic talent over human vulnerability.
Download or read book Degas Through His Own Eyes written by Michael F. Marmor and published by Somogy Editions D'Art. This book was released on 2002 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does one account for the change in style of Edgar Degas' work during the latter half of his life? Starting in 1870, why did the artist gradually adopt such a different style, so removed from the meticulous precision of his initial painting? Using scientific analysis, this original book compares the painter's canvases as we view them at present in museums, with how Degas saw them: evermore hazily, with failing vision. It shows the consequences that the deterioration of Degas' sight had on the evolution of his style. Surprising and innovative in the quality of its illustrations, this book yields new insight into the relationship between art and science.
Download or read book The World Through Blunted Sight written by Patrick Dacre Trevor-Roper and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Singular View written by Frank B. Brady and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Vision Impairment written by Michael Crossland and published by UCL Press. This book was released on 2024-02-01 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is it like to go blind? 350 million people around the world live with severe vision impairment, ranging from those who can see a couple of letters on a sight chart to those who perceive no light at all. In this book we meet some of them, including artists, poets, scientists, architects, politicians, broadcasters and musicians. Together, we discuss every stage of life with vision impairment – from childhood and education to dating, employment and ageing – as well as the portrayal of blind people in literature and film, the use of technology by people with vision impairment, and the psychological effects of losing vision. Vision Impairment also reviews the major causes of sight loss today and shows the effect of these diseases on visual function. It surveys new and emerging treatments for serious eye diseases and explores what it is like to have vision restored after decades of being blind. Based on Michael Crossland’s extensive work in children’s and adults’ low vision clinics, and his 20 years of research into vision impairment, the book blends individual stories, key research findings and the most recent scientific discoveries to present an informative yet optimistic overview of living with sight loss. Praise for Vision Impairment ‘The key strength of this book is how scientific concepts around ophthalmology, vision science and sight loss are brought to life by letting patients explain what these concepts mean to them. This is not a book that has been written “about” patients; it has been written “with” them. In this sense, it is very much original, and I enjoyed reading it tremendously.’ Keziah Latham, Anglia Ruskin University
Download or read book Library of Congress Subject Headings written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 1138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Art of Preserving the Sight Unimpaired to Extreme Old Age written by Georg Josef Beer and published by . This book was released on 1827 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Art of Seeing written by Aldous Huxley and published by London, Chatto. This book was released on 1943 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Library of Congress Subject Headings written by Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 1662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Blind Photographer written by Julian Rothenstein and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The blind photographer cannot see a butterfly perched perfectly still on a flower, a bowl of sweet-smelling fruit, or a child's rattle on a darkened floor, but the mind's eye is sharply focused. How then, do blind or partially sighted people capture such extraordinary images? The photographs in this revelatory book suggest a deeper truth: that blindness is itself a kind of seeing, and that those who can see are often blind to the strangeness and beauty of the world around them. As the blind photographer Evgen Bavcar writes, "Photography must belong to the blind, who in their daily existence have learned to become the masters of camera obscura." Through the photographs of more than fifty blind or partially sighted people from around the world, this exhilarating book—the first to explore this phenomenon in all its vibrancy and diversity—will make you see differently.
Download or read book The Artist s Eyes written by Michael F. Marmor and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
