Face to Face with Johann Caspar Lavater
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9317707 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sibylle Erle (0000-0002-8567-5810, Nottingham Trent University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2005-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Literature Compass (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1741-4113 • E-ISSN: 1741-4113 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1741-4113.2005.00131.x |
| OpenAlex | W2165113601 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
At the end of the eighteenth century, Europe‐wide debates on the nature of man and the practice of interpreting visual artefacts centred on physiognomy, and specifically on one extraordinary, luxuriously illustrated work which claimed to map out how character could precisely be read in the human face: Johann Caspar Lavater's Essays on Physiognomy
Art · Character (mathematics · Face (sociological concept · Linguistics · Physiognomy · Sociology · Visual arts · Anthropology · Historical and Literary Studies · Historical Art and Culture Studies · Philosophy · Psychology · Rousseau and Enlightenment Thought
| Highly cited | No |
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