Published online Thursday Oct 31st, 2002 and in print issue #0139 dated Thursday Oct 31st, 2002 Q: If you were a famous painter and developed eye trouble, would that doom your art? ???E. L. Greco A: Not necessarily, says physicist Sidney Perkowitz in Empire of Light: A History of Discovery in Science and Art. Paul Cezanne, Monet, and other artists saw a world interpreted through imperfect vision.