The Artistic Eye – Kugler Publications

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

PROLOGUE

CHAPTER 1THE FOCUSED IMAGE: EL GRECO AND REMBRANDTMyopia, astigmatism, reading, and Greek pottery CHAPTER 2PERSPECTIVE: CROSSED EYES AND TROMPE L’OEILDürer, Rembrandt, Masaccio, and different perspectives

CHAPTER 3ILLUSIONS: ESCHER AND RILEYAmbiguous images, Op Art, art that follows you, Surrealism

CHAPTER 4CONTRAST IN ART: LEONARDO AND CARAVAGGIOMona Lisa, Mach bands, Asian brush painting, and chiaroscuro

CHAPTER 5NIGHT, LIGHT, SHADOWS, AND ART MUSEUMS:WHISTLER AND VAN GOGHWhy art can appear realistic

CHAPTER 6SEEING ART IN COLOR: KIRCHNER AND CLOSE Delacroix, the nature of color, Neo-Impressionism

CHAPTER 7FIXATED ON COLOR: SEURAT, TURNER, VAN GOGH, MATISSEInterpreting colors

CHAPTER 8THE COLOR-DEFICIENT ARTISTHenry, Bandinelli, Meryon, Milton, and Hammershøi

CHAPTER 9AGING AND THE ARTIST: TITIAN, CÉZANNE, AND PISSARROLate style, tearing, and glaucoma

CHAPTER 10CATARACTS: CARRIERA, CASSATT, THURBER, AND MONETAging cataracts, secondary cataracts, simulations of cataract effects

CHAPTER 11MACULAR DISEASE: MUNCH, O’KEEFFE, DEGAS Age-related macular degeneration, simulating visual loss

CHAPTER 12BLINDNESS VERSUS DEAFNESS IN ARTISTIC COMPOSITIONMonet, Degas, Beethoven, Smetana, and Händel

EPILOGUE

IMAGE CREDITS AND ATTRIBUTIONS

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX