Neurological diseases in famous painters

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 203, Issue , 2013, Pages 255-275

  Piechowski Jozwiak, Bartlomiej ^a,b   Bogousslavsky, Julien ^c,d  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c Clinique Valmont   (Switzerland)

^d Genolier Swiss Medical Network SA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Artistic production; Change of artistic style; Dementia; Epilepsy; Head trauma; Migraine; Painters; Stroke; Visual artists

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ART; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CREATIVITY; DEMENTIA; EMOTION; EPILEPSY; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; LEWY BODY; MIGRAINE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PAINTER; PAINTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CLASS;

ARTISTIC PRODUCTION; CHANGE OF ARTISTIC STYLE; DEMENTIA; EPILEPSY; HEAD TRAUMA; MIGRAINE; PAINTERS; STROKE; VISUAL ARTISTS;

ART; BRAIN DISEASES; FAMOUS PERSONS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY;

EID: 84884168250     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: 18757855     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-62730-8.00011-6     Document Type: Chapter

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