The World Through Blunted Sight: An Inquiry Into the Influence of Defective Vision On Art And Character - Softcover

Roper, Patrick D.Trevor-

 
9780140124811: The World Through Blunted Sight: An Inquiry Into the Influence of Defective Vision On Art And Character

Synopsis

An investigation into the influences of faulty or failing sight on the style of painters which presents a range of examples of "distorted" art, aiming to relate the physiology of vision to personality and art in its various forms of expression.

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About the Author

Patrick Trevor-Roper has had a distinguished career in ophthalmology and has written the standard work on the subject. A former President of the Opthalmic Section of the Royal Society of Medicine, in 1977 he received the Society's first De Lancey Award 'for furtherance of the link between art and medicine'.

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