Abstract:de Chirico was a central figure in twentieth r century art.In Paris before the first world war he knew Picasso and the cubists and was a friend of their i main advocate Guillaume Apollinaire, who dubb...de Chirico was a central figure in twentieth r century art.In Paris before the first world war he knew Picasso and the cubists and was a friend of their i main advocate Guillaume Apollinaire, who dubbed de Chirico's independent style "metaphysical, art."During and after the war the work of the "Metafisica" group gathered around him was important to painting not only in Italy but also in Germany and France.-DeChirico's early works were especially influential on the.surrealists in Paris after the war.In-'de-' Chirco's paintings and drawings there are several unusual "x'd recurrent features that have, not previously been explained.This paper postulates an illness as a basis for these details. Motion sickness and headachesDe Chirico suffered from several complaints, which he recorded in his memoirs.'As a young man his journey from Greece to Italy had to be broken because ofsevere motion sickness.He described,several attacks of abdominal pain associated with anorexia.These episodes, described in some detail in his memoirs, led him to seek medical help several times; no diagnosis, however, was recorded.The pains seemed to last quite.a short time, between 12 hours and three days, and were reported to be relieved by sleep and followed by full recovery.He is also reported to have suffered from attacks of vomiting, on one occasion before the opening of an exhibition.In his memoirs he recalled two episodes of headache as a young man.These were described as "terrible" and "exiremely painful."The triad of motion sickness, abdomial pain, and, vomiting suggest the "periodic" syndrome.This is also- known as abdominal migraine and is ften found im migraineurs.Lanzi found that between 30% and 40% of 16-18 year old patients who had migraine had cyclical abdominal pain and recurrent vomiting.2De FIG 2-An enty in the national migraine art competition .Read More
Abstract: de Chirico was a central figure in twentieth r century art.In Paris before the first world war he knew Picasso and the cubists and was a friend of their i main advocate Guillaume Apollinaire, who dubbed de Chirico's independent style "metaphysical, art."During and after the war the work of the "Metafisica" group gathered around him was important to painting not only in Italy but also in Germany and France.-DeChirico's early works were especially influential on the.surrealists in Paris after the war.In-'de-' Chirco's paintings and drawings there are several unusual "x'd recurrent features that have, not previously been explained.This paper postulates an illness as a basis for these details. Motion sickness and headachesDe Chirico suffered from several complaints, which he recorded in his memoirs.'As a young man his journey from Greece to Italy had to be broken because ofsevere motion sickness.He described,several attacks of abdominal pain associated with anorexia.These episodes, described in some detail in his memoirs, led him to seek medical help several times; no diagnosis, however, was recorded.The pains seemed to last quite.a short time, between 12 hours and three days, and were reported to be relieved by sleep and followed by full recovery.He is also reported to have suffered from attacks of vomiting, on one occasion before the opening of an exhibition.In his memoirs he recalled two episodes of headache as a young man.These were described as "terrible" and "exiremely painful."The triad of motion sickness, abdomial pain, and, vomiting suggest the "periodic" syndrome.This is also- known as abdominal migraine and is ften found im migraineurs.Lanzi found that between 30% and 40% of 16-18 year old patients who had migraine had cyclical abdominal pain and recurrent vomiting.2De FIG 2-An enty in the national migraine art competition .