@article{ref1,
title="[Blindness in painters]",
journal="Journal Francais d'Ophtalmologie",
year="1999",
author="Lanthony, P.",
volume="22",
number="6",
pages="700-708",
abstract="The purpose of this study was the inventory of historical painters who were blind, and the analysis of their attitude in the face of the blindness. METHODS: The population study was extracted from the dictionary of painters by Benezit. The method of the study was ophthalmological, to assess precisely the type and the etiology of the blindness; and psychological and artistic to study the reactions of the painters. RESULTS: Blindness was found among 85 painters. They were 5 cases of transitory blindness; 20 cases of unilateral blindness; and 60 cases of bilateral definitive blindness. The psychological attitudes of the painters were either negative, with depression, and even suicide (5 cases); or positive, with perseverance to paint till to blindness, teaching of the painting after blindness. CONCLUSIONS: The small number of painters with a blindness caused by a precise etiology was disappointing, but the variety of the reactions gave a good account of the attitude of the painters who became blind.<p /><p>Language: fr</p>",
language="fr",
issn="0181-5512",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}