The experience of art provides the visitor of a museum or gallery with the opportunity to contemplate and share the human condition both from the physical and psychological point of view. Because of the accessibility and the number of museums throughout Europe, classical European art as both sculpture and painting, affords the viewer the opportunity to experience life from one part of the world over centuries of history. These museums occasionally exhibit pieces showing a person with a human disorder and physical differences. On viewing such artwork, practitioners of health care, especially dysmorphologists, usually find themselves observing such pieces within the context of their practice. In this essay, the coauthors reflect on paintings and sculptures which remind us of our patients with similar physical and medical conditions. Various works of art also provide the opportunity to observe and view the human face from many vantage points and times in history. Several paintings are cited to illustrate the central themes of the Commentary: the human circumstance of disease and differences and the skill of observing and describing the human face.

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艺术中观察人脸的思考

艺术体验为博物馆或画廊的参观者提供了从生理和心理角度思考和分享人类状况的机会。由于欧洲各地博​​物馆的可及性和数量，欧洲古典艺术无论是雕塑还是绘画，都为观众提供了体验来自世界某个地方数百年历史的生活的机会。这些博物馆偶尔会展出一些展示人类障碍和身体差异的人的作品。在观看此类艺术品时，医疗保健从业者，尤其是畸形学家，通常会发现自己在他们的实践背景下观察此类作品。在这篇文章中，合著者反思了绘画和雕塑，这些绘画和雕塑让我们想起了身体和医疗状况相似的患者。各种艺术作品也提供了从历史上的许多有利位置和时代观察和观察人脸的机会。引用了几幅画来说明注释的中心主题：疾病和差异的人类环境以及观察和描述人脸的技巧。