Eye Doctors and Art

Two pieces of news about eye doctors helping the world of art:

1) An eye surgeon might be called upon to remove tiny shards of glass that were embedded by careless thieves when they stole The Scream

2) An ophthalmologist has simulated how the world looked to artists with eye diseases…

“Monet’s later paintings of the lily pond and Giverny bridge, when adjusted to reflect the symptoms of cataracts, appear dark and muddied.”

You can tell that this guy has little shards of glass in him:

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