Leonardo da Vinci Had An Eye Disorder That Helped Him Create Masterpieces: Study

A recent study published in journal JAMA Ophthalmology, suggests that Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci might have h an eye condition that gave him an unusual ability to recreate three-dimensional shapes in his artworks. As per media reports, Christopher Tyler, of City, University of London in UK has identified a physical condition of eye called 'Strabismus' in which a person's eyes appear to be pointing in different directions, with only one eye being used to process visual scene at any time. 

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As per study, Leonardo da Vinci also h an intermittent version of condition that allowed him to switch between two eyes (stereoscopic vision) to give him an in-depth perception of painting he is working on. Using just one eye (mocular vision) he used to interpret a three-dimensional im on a flat, two-dimensional canvas.

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Explaining how he conducted  study, Christopher revealed that he measured eyes in six masterpieces, thought to be portraits or self-portraits of da Vinci, including his works 'David' (Andrea del Verrocchio), 'Young Warrior' (Andrea del Verrocchio), 'Salvator Mundi' (da Vinci), 'Young John Baptist' (da Vinci), 'Vitruvian Man' (da Vinci) and ar possible da Vinci self-portrait. He n fitted circles and ellipses to pupils, irises, and eyelid apertures on artwork and n measured relative positions of se features and finally found that re was evidence of Strabismus in all his six artworks.

"Several great artists, from Rembrandt to Picasso, are thought to have h Strabismus, and it seems that da Vinci h it too," PTI quoted Tyler as saying.

" weight of converging evidence suggests that da Vinci h intermittent exotropia -- where an eye turns outwards -- with a resulting ability to switch to mocular vision, using just one eye," he ded.

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researchers furr stated that condition is convenient for a painter since viewing world with one eye helps to draw or paint a flat im.

"Having Strabismus would perhaps explain da Vinci's great facility for depicting three-dimensional solidity of faces and objects in world and distant depth recession of mountaius scenes,"  Tyler said to PTI.