Artistic representation of the neurological consequences of stroke in the works of Otto Dix (1891-1969), from the age of 76

Authors

  • Monique Almeida Vaz Medicina. Universidade Católica de Brasília (UCB).
  • Lucy Gomes Medicina. Programa de Pós-Graduação Stricto Sensu em Gerontologia. Universidade Católica de Brasília (UCB).
  • Armando J. C. Bezerra Medicina. Programa de Pós-Graduação Stricto Sensu em Gerontologia, e Curso de Graduação em Medicina, UCB. Brasília (DF).

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2016v19i3p191-205

Keywords:

Vascular Brain Accident, Paints, Otto Dix.

Abstract

Cerebrovascular diseases reach about 17 million individuals per year worldwide, including Stroke, which is characterized by sudden neurological deficit due to focal vascular alteration. In the present study, the case of the German painter Otto Dix, affected by stroke in the right hemisphere, at 76 years of age, is reported. As a result of the episode, he developed left hemielegiation and hemiparesis, hemianopsia, moderate visuo-spatial construction disorder, and apraxia associated with proprioception deficit of the left upper limb. The changes in the visual representation in the works produced by him, after the illness, are described in order to correlate the neurological consequences through graphic expression.

 

Author Biographies

Monique Almeida Vaz, Medicina. Universidade Católica de Brasília (UCB).

Acadêmica do 6º ano de Medicina. Universidade Católica de Brasília (UCB). 

 

Lucy Gomes, Medicina. Programa de Pós-Graduação Stricto Sensu em Gerontologia. Universidade Católica de Brasília (UCB).

Médica, docente do Programa de Pós-Graduação Stricto Sensu em Gerontologia. Universidade Católica de Brasília (UCB).

 

Armando J. C. Bezerra, Medicina. Programa de Pós-Graduação Stricto Sensu em Gerontologia, e Curso de Graduação em Medicina, UCB. Brasília (DF).

Médico, Docente do Programa de Pós-Graduação Stricto Sensu em Gerontologia, e do Curso de Graduação em Medicina, UCB. Brasília (DF).

 

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Published

2017-09-30

How to Cite

Vaz, M. A., Gomes, L., & Bezerra, A. J. C. (2017). Artistic representation of the neurological consequences of stroke in the works of Otto Dix (1891-1969), from the age of 76. Revista Kairós-Gerontologia, 19(3), 191–205. https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2016v19i3p191-205

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 3 (2016)

Section

Papers

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