A Case of Science and Playfulness

Nineteenth-century Europe was the stage of extraordinary scientific and technological developments. The inquisitive spirit time led to study human perception. understanding mechanisms vision no exception, it particular relevance since knowledge based on what observable. invention stereoscope in 1832 had profound consequences education, entertainment medical practices. Undoubtedly, attentive eyes early 20th-century artists were not indifferent such developments as a new paradigm for art aesthetics due. Indeed, around turn that century, we see adoption technical language introduction poetic function, self-reference, interactivity multiplicity readings art. This paper attempts draw links between 19th-century philosophical toys, therapies with binocular images, vanguards. A 1912 set orthoptic cards used treatment strabismus, among other are illustrate establish these relations.&nbsp