Visual Arts Medicine

Leonardo da Vinci suffered from paralysis in his right hand?

At the end of his life, Leonardo da Vinci had a impairment of his right hand that prevented him from using that hand to paint or hold his palette. (...)
Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease detectable in works by Salvador Dali and James Brooks

The first symptoms of Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's are visible in the works of painters affected by these diseases, Dali, Kooning, Morrisseau, Brooks (...)
Great vision in a painter

Color vision is a complex phenomenon. Each of us has cells specialized for color vision. The cones are the cells that react with colorful light waves. (...)
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