Visual impairment in art

This is commonly portrayed through the inclusion of objects such as canes and dogs to symbolize blindness,[1] which is the most frequently depicted visual impairment in art.

Many notable figures in art history, such as Leonardo da Vinci, Claude Monet, and Georgia O'Keeffe, were visually impaired, or theorized to be so.

[2] In 1768, James Bruce discovered the tomb of Ramesses III, whereon its walls depicted images of blind harpists.

Some examples include: Most representation found in Romantic art displays portraits of individuals who experience visual impairments.

The eyes were at an angle consistent with intermittent exotropia (deviated outward) which can alter the perception of people and objects to appear 2D.

[15] Rembrandt was a Dutch painter whose self portraits display an outward turned eye which would have caused a lack of depth perception called stereo blindness.

[21] Michael Naranjo is a Native American blind sculptor who lost his sight to a grenade in the Vietnam War and began sculpting with clay during convalescence.

His work is in the permanent collection of the White House, and his words are inscribed on the glass panels of the American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial in Washington, D.C., and cited[22] by President Obama at the dedication ceremony on October 5, 2014:"When you're young, you're invincible.