Windows of the soul: physiognomy in European culture 1470-1780
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1. Verfasser: Porter, Martin, (Martin Henry) (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford Clarendon Press 2005
Schriftenreihe:Oxford historical monographs
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. [326]-345) and index
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. Dr Porter uses remnants of the highly illustrated and graffitied texts on physiognomy to interpret the way that these books were read and viewed, and trace the changes that took place between. the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of Romanticism. - ;In late fifteenth century Florence, Renaissance h
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 365 p.)
ISBN:0191534838
9780191534836
9780199276578

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