Windows of the soul : physiognomy in European culture 1470-1780

Windows of the soul : physiognomy in European culture 1470-1780 /

In early modern Europe there was a small group of books on the art of physiognomy which claimed to provide self-knowledge through an interpretation of external features. The authors of these books explained how the eyes, the face, and all of nature's natural bodies became windows of the soul. D...

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Main Author: Porter, Martin (Martin Henry)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 2005
Series:Oxford historical monographs.
Subjects:
Physiognomy > Europe > History.
Philosophical anthropology > Europe > History.
Religious thought > Europe > History.
Theology > Europe > History.
Education > Europe > History.
Art > Europe > History.
Physiognomy.
Facial expression.
Medicine > History > 17th century.
Physiognomy
Books > history
Facial Expression
History, 17th Century
History, Early Modern 1451-1600
physiognomy.
Europe > Civilization > History.
Europe.
Europe
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