PSYCH 119T Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: The Night Café, Temporal Lobe Epilepsy, Mary Cassatt
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New tissue forms on the lens of the eye, and the lens becomes opaque. Red light (long wavelength) penetrate the best. Cataracts in both eyes, 1912, but worse in right eye. 1922: could see only light, very little color. 1864: used to do realistic, figurative work, depictions of countryside. 1867: begins fascination with light"s interaction with scene as function of time of day. 1891: very prolific, a lot of time spent outdoors. Painted this again and again at different times of day. Water lily paintings commissioned by french government. Vision alone doesn"t determine whether or not we like a work of art. American who move to france to paint. Chopped off part of his ear after news of his brother theo"s engagement--afraid of losing emotional and financial support. A lot of yellows, wavy lines (japanese influence) Digitalis for his seizures (possible temporal lobe epilepsy) Santonin for gastrointestinal worms and digestive problems--too much can cause yellow ision.
