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1.梵高使用的黄色——1.Van Gogh's Use of Yellow

Since the 1990s, some American doctors have discussed the relationships between distinguished paintings and their painters' sicknesses. They claim that van Gogh had more than a hundred sicknesses, including a brain tumor, manic-depressive sickness, mental dissociation and a magnesium deficiency, which led him to serious and deep stage of depression. Professor Moon Guk Jin of Korea University mentioned that 'the glowing yellow- gold color is exceptionally distinguished in 'Sunflowers.'' He explained that the glowing yellow-gold appealed to van Gogh because he had xanthopsia from drinking too much absinthe. Absinthe is liquor and contains materials that can damage the optic nerves. Later on, this deed of drinking too much absinthe brought him an extremely bad eyesight and only blue and yellow were the colors that were emphasized by the eyes of Van Gogh.

2.莫奈的白内障和雷诺阿的关节炎——2. Monet's Cataracts Versus Renoir's Arthritis

Monet had cataracts for longer than ten years, but then he recovered after corrective surgery. Before the surgery, the objects in his paintings were blurred and most colors were yellowish. Cataract patients easily recognize the color yellow, but they do not recognize bluish colors. Monet finished his masterpiece, 'Water Lilies', four years after the surgery. That is why the painting, 'Water Lilies', is painted mostly with blue, due to his ability of recognize color blue after the surgery.

On the other hand, Renoir changed his painting style due to arthritis. Professor Moon said, 'Renoir could not use his fingers comfortably because of rheumatoid arthritis, which was caused by his extreme irregular life caused by the depression that had been surrounding him for a long time. After reviewing his paintings it is very clear that his painting style after the surgery is different from the style before the surgery'. Renoir painted 'The Bathers' from 1884 to 1887 and from 1918 to 1919. Before he had arthritis, he portrayed the women's voluptuous beauty in undressed and glossy hair that is distinguished from the background with the dark and cold colors. As his arthritis developed and the depression reached its highest point, Renoir tied his painting brush between his fingers and portrayed fat women with big bellies with warm and brighter color.

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