Optic Nerve

Author : Maria Gainza
Publisher : Catapult
ISBN 13 : 1646220021
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Optic Nerve written by Maria Gainza and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2020-04-21 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this delightful autofiction―the first book by Gainza, an Argentine art critic, to appear in English―a woman delivers pithy assessments of world–class painters along with glimpses of her life, braiding the two into an illuminating whole." ―The New York Times Book Review, Notable Book of the Year and Editors' Choice The narrator of Optic Nerve is an Argentinian woman whose obsession is art. The story of her life is the story of the paintings, and painters, who matter to her. Her intimate, digressive voice guides us through a gallery of moments that have touched her. In these pages, El Greco visits the Sistine Chapel and is appalled by Michelangelo’s bodies. The mystery of Rothko’s refusal to finish murals for the Seagram Building in New York is blended with the story of a hospital in which a prostitute walks the halls while the narrator’s husband receives chemotherapy. Alfred de Dreux visits Géricault’s workshop; Gustave Courbet’s devilish seascapes incite viewers “to have sex, or to eat an apple”; Picasso organizes a cruel banquet in Rousseau’s honor . . . All of these fascinating episodes in art history interact with the narrator’s life in Buenos Aires―her family and work; her loves and losses; her infatuations and disappointments. The effect is of a character refracted by environment, composed by the canvases she studies. Seductive and capricious, Optic Nerve marks the English–language debut of a major Argentinian writer. It is a book that captures, like no other, the mysterious connections between a work of art and the person who perceives it.

Author : Maria Gainza
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1473549787
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Optic Nerve written by Maria Gainza and published by Random House. This book was released on 2019-01-31 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘A highly original, piercingly beautiful work, full of beautiful shocks... I felt like a door had been kicked open in my brain’ Johanna Thomas-Corr, Observer A woman searches Buenos Aires for the paintings that are her inspiration and her refuge. Her life -- she is a young mother with a complicated family -- is sometimes overwhelming. But among the canvases, often little-known works in quiet rooms, she finds clarity and a sense of who she is . . . 'I was reminded of John Berger's Ways of Seeing, enfolded in tender and exuberant personal narratives' Claire-Louise Bennett 'This woman-guide, who goes from Lampedusa to The Doors with crushing elegance, is unforgettable' Mariana Enriquez 'A dazzling combination of memoir, fiction and art book, like nothing you’ve ever read before’ Elle

Author : Jane W. Chan
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387689796
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Optic Nerve Disorders written by Jane W. Chan and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-04-17 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first practical reference book focusing only on common optic nerve disorders. The author discusses diagnosis, pathophysiology, management, and prognosis of complex optic nerve disorders. The book is organized by optic nerve diagnoses commonly encountered in a neuro-ophthalmologic practice. It is written in a clear, concise style for quick, easy reference in the clinic. Each chapter is formatted in a similar manner. Neurologists and ophthalmologists will find this book useful when they need a practical reference for incorporating optic nerve evaluation in their clinical practice.

Author : Theodore Thomas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781536143812
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Optic Nerve written by Theodore Thomas and published by . This book was released on 2019-07-04 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the opening chapter, the authors focus on the current understanding of mechanisms regulating retinotopic axonal projection within the retina, optic nerve, and optic chiasm during visual system development. The second chapter discusses the histopathologic features of meningiomas arising in the optic nerve sheath. The closing chapter intends to analyze evidence supporting the neuroprotective effect of two different strategies: the exposure to enriched environments and a treatment with melatonin, a very safe compound for human use.

Author : Joe Houston
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Optic Nerve written by Joe Houston and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published to accompany an exhibition at the Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, this book examines the development of the Op Art movement, its cultural context, and its widespread impact on advertising, fashion and film-making. It includes works by Josef Albers, Bridget Riley and Victor Vasarely.

Author : Adrian Tomine
Publisher : Drawn and Quarterly
ISBN 13 : 1897299761
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 32 Stories written by Adrian Tomine and published by Drawn and Quarterly. This book was released on 2009-05-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents thirty-two stories that deal with a variety of characters, including a shy novelist who seeks out the girl he was obsessed with in high school, a lonely woman who loses her job, and high school outcasts.

Author : Kathleen B. Digre
Publisher : Butterworth-Heinemann
ISBN 13 : 9780750672894
Total Pages : 682 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Practical Viewing of the Optic Disc written by Kathleen B. Digre and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 2003 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique manual and accompanying CD-ROM assists you in accurately viewing the optic disc to discover abnormalities and improve your viewing technique. Concise and reader friendly, it helps you determine clues to underlying pathology, including intracranial pressure, diabetes, hypertension, and emboli. Topics include swollen optic disc, atrophy, vascular events at the disc and retina, common retinal and macular disease, and phakomatoses. The accompanying full color CD-ROM, with exceptional photographs and video, takes you on a journey through identifying structures with direct fluorescein angiography, examining the fundus, and watching blood flow through the eye. Determine underlying causes to common medical complaints Includes 4 - color CD - ROM complete with video fundus examinations showing venous pulsations Contains more than 100 differential diagnosis tables

Author : Maria Gainza
Publisher : Catapult
ISBN 13 : 1646221753
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Portrait of an Unknown Lady written by Maria Gainza and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2023-03-21 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice New York Times Notable author María Gainza, who dazzled critics with Optic Nerve, returns with the captivating story of an auction house employee on the trail of an enigmatic master forger In the Buenos Aires art world, a master forger has achieved legendary status. Rumored to be a woman, she specializes in canvases by the painter Mariette Lydis, a portraitist of Argentinean high society. But who is this absurdly gifted creator of counterfeits? What motivates her? And what is her link to the community of artists who congregate, night after night, in a strange establishment called the Hotel Melancólico? On the trail of this mysterious forger is our narrator, an art critic and auction house employee through whose hands counterfeit works have passed. As she begins to take on the role of art-world detective, adopting her own methods of deception and manipulation, she warns us “not to proceed in expectation of names, numbers or dates . . . My techniques are those of the impressionist.” Driven by obsession and full of subtle surprise, Portrait of an Unknown Lady is a highly seductive and enveloping meditation on what we mean by "authenticity" in art, and a captivating exploration of the gap between what is lived and what is told.

Author : S.S. Hayreh
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642659578
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy written by S.S. Hayreh and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "No attainment is ever final" Vascular disorders of the optic disc and nerve are important not only to the ophthalmologist but also to the neurologist and the internist. To the first specialty group they represent one cause of blindness or severe visual impairment; to the second group the optic disc edema and optic atrophy seen in these disorders can pose serious problems of diagnosis, or give indica tions of the involvement of the cerebral circulation; while to the last group they are frequently indicative of systemic disease, particularly of the cardiovas cular system. Recent advances in our knowledge of the blood supply of the optic nerve head have shed a significant new light on the subject. With the recent advent of fluorescein fundus angiography, an extra dimension has been added to the study of the ocular and optic disc circulations, and we have entered into a new era in the understanding of ocular vascular disorders "in vivo". In the pre-angiography era, postmortem injection studies, although very valuable, did not completely reveal the vascular pattern of the optic disc in the living, in health, and disease. The ophthalmoscope, without doubt, has been valuable in assessing optic disc lesions, but could not give us informa tion on the circulation of the eye and optic disc "in vivo".

Author : Thomas C. Spoor
Publisher : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
ISBN 13 : 9780881678758
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Atlas of Optic Nerve Disorders written by Thomas C. Spoor and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Optic nerve evaluation/swollen optic disc/pseudotumor cerebri/optic atrophy/common optic neuropathies/glaucoma/etc