Bäzner H, Hennerici M G
Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, Universitätsklinikum Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany.
Front Neurol Neurosci. 2007;22:30-43. doi: 10.1159/000102870.
Lovis Corinth suffered a right-hemispheric stroke at the age of 53 years, but died only 14 years later. The huge number of artworks that he produced after this life-threatening disease allows a detailed analysis of his poststroke artwork in comparison to his prestroke artwork. When performing this analysis as a neurologist, an enormous diversity of subtle stroke sequelae can be discovered, which can mostly be explained by a left-sided hemineglect. These findings clearly go far beyond pure psychological processes. Moreover, Corinth is a good and motivating example for patients suffering disability after a stroke, because he was able to produce great artwork after his stroke. Lovis Corinth was struggling against motor disability that admittedly was not severely affecting his artistic production but he also had to fight against severe neuropsychological deficits that did have clear consequences for his artistic production. Corinth's credo was 'true art means to use unreality'. Taken together with the often cited phrase of 'drawing means to [details]', there will be a clear-cut interpretation for the neurologist that can be derived from the understanding of a right-hemisphere lesion and subsequent left-sided neglect.
洛维斯·柯林斯在53岁时右脑中风，但14年后才去世。他在这场危及生命的疾病之后创作了大量艺术作品，这使得我们能够将他中风后的艺术作品与其中风前的作品进行详细对比分析。作为一名神经学家进行此项分析时，可以发现大量细微的中风后遗症，其中大部分可以用左侧半侧空间忽视来解释。这些发现显然远远超出了单纯的心理过程。此外，柯林斯对于中风后致残的患者来说是一个很好且鼓舞人心的例子，因为他在中风后仍能创作出伟大的艺术作品。洛维斯·柯林斯与运动功能障碍作斗争，诚然这种障碍并未严重影响他的艺术创作，但他还必须对抗严重的神经心理缺陷，而这些缺陷确实对他的艺术创作产生了明显影响。柯林斯的信条是“真正的艺术意味着运用非现实”。结合那句常被引用的“绘画意味着[细节]”，神经学家可以从对右脑损伤及随后的左侧忽视的理解中得出一个明确的解释。
