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The Misshapen Polyp Floated on the Shores, a Sort of Smiling and Hideous Cyclops (1883) by Odilon Redon

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"What is beauty, and if it is in the eye of the beholder, then what is it that is being said to be in the eye of the beholder?"

Théatre de Besançon, interior view by Claude Nicolas Ledoux

Venus of Urbino (1538, detail) by Titian makes direct eye contact with the viewer

Venus at the Opera (1844) by Grandville (French, 1803 – 1847)

The Trees have Ears and the Field has Eyes by Hieronymus Bosch

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Eyes are organs of vision that detect light. Different kinds of light-sensitive organs are found in a variety of organisms. The simplest eyes do nothing but detect whether the surroundings are light or dark, while more complex eyes can distinguish shapes and colors.

See also

• Auto-enucleation
• Disembodied eye
• Evil eye
• Eye contact
• Human eye
• Third eye
• Ocularcentrism
• Retinal art
• Seeing is believing
• Visual
• Visual art

Namesakes

• Story of the Eye, a 1928 novella by Georges Bataille
• Eyes Without a Face, a 1960 French film directed by Georges Franju
• X: The Man with the X-ray Eyes, a 1963 science fiction/horror film by Roger Corman

Attack on the eye

• Un Chien Andalou (1928) - Luis Buñuel