Margaret Livingstone is Professor of Neurobiology at Harvard Medical School who researches hormones, behavior, and visual science. Her book Vision and Art: the Biology of Seeing brought her acclaim among artists, art historians, and the larger public. Her research has provided a simple explanation for the elusive quality of Mona Lisa’s smile, as well as the revelation that Rembrandt, like a surprisingly large number of famous artists, was probably stereoblind.
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