Susannah Carson

THE EGYPTIANS

DECORATED THEIR SARCOPHAGI WITH EYES TO PROTECT THEM ON THEIR JOURNEY TO THE UNDERWORLD

THE TURKISH

WOVE THEIR RUGS WITH DIAMOND "EYES" TO PROTECT AGAINST THE EVIL EYE

RELIGIOUS PILGRIMS

HAVE MADE VOTIVE OFFERINGS TO THE GODS TO HELP CURE THEIR VISION SINCE THE ROMANS

ALCHEMISTS

DREW ON THE POWERS OF THE ALMIGHTY EYE OF PROVIDENCE TO CREATE THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE

KING GEORGE IV

WOOED MARIA FITZHERBERT BY SENDING HER A MINIATURE PAINTING OF HIS EYE SET IN A JEWEL, KNOWN AS A "LOVER'S EYE"

GOLDEN EYE OINTMENT

DATING FROM 1596 AND USED BY THE BRITISH FIGHTING NAPOLEON IN EGYPT, WAS DISCONTINUED IN THE 1920S DUE TO ITS SECRET RECIPE CONTAINING MERCURY

PIERO FORNASETTI

MADE ABOUT 400 "TEMA E VARIAZIONE" OF THE ITALIAN OPERA SINGER, LINA CAVALIERI

FRIDA KAHLO

PAINTED HER LAST SELF-PORTRAIT WITH THE HEAD OF HER LOVER, DIEGO RIVERA, AS A THIRD EYE; IT SOLD FOR $34.9 MILLION IN 2021, THE HIGHEST PRICE EVER FOR A LATIN AMERICAN ARTIST

MARGARET KEANE

PAINTED CHILDREN WITH BIG EYES, BUT HER HUSBAND TOOK CREDIT FOR THEM UNTIL A COURTHOUSE "PAINT-OFF" DURING THEIR TRIAL PROVED HER TO BE THE ARTIST

YAYOI KUSAMA

ATTEMPTS TO RECREATE FOR OTHERS THE EXPERIENCE OF HER HALLUCINATIONS WITH DOTS AND, SELF-REFLEXIVELY, EYES

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