Showing posts with label physiognomie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label physiognomie. Show all posts

Saturday, June 27, 2009

Antique Medical Anatomy Book






A series of prints from a 1750 medical anatomy book including, studies of the head, the human skeleton back view, human skeleton front view, human muscles, muscles of the leg, muscles of the arm, bones of the hand and bones of the foot, phrenology, a character study of a human resembling a bird, a character study of a human resembling a dog, a character study of a human resembling a pig, a character study of a human resembling an owl, studies of religious ecstasy and insanity.

Unfortunately I don't know anything about the book from which they came except for the date of 1750.










These prints are on sale on on Ebay.com.











Physiognomy and the Meaning of Expression in Nineteenth-Century Culture (Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture)


Physiognomy In Profile: Lavater's Impact On European Culture



Visages et caracteres: etudes de physiognomie


Anatomy of the Human Body the XIIth edition.

Anatomie des menschlichen Körpers.


The Science of Art: Optical Themes in Western Art from Brunelleschi to Seurat



Here is a link to a site with more examples of antique medial books, the University of Virginis's Historical Collections: Vaulted Treasures.









Anatomy for Art Students, Painters and SculptorsAnatomy for Art Students, Painters and Sculptors

Saturday, April 25, 2009

Le Brun's System on Physiognomy



Le Brun's System on Physiognomy maitres-des-arts-graphiques.com.





Charles Le Brun's Physiognomies.



Charles Le Brun's plate on expression, and other images of expression at Artlex.













Charles Le Brun, Li Baoshu and the wolfman, link to a page on hair.



Head physiognomies resembling weasels.

Link to a study for Mucius Scaevola Before Porsenna.
The Web Gallery of Art.





Head resembling a monkey.









Here is a link to a the plates on the web at maitres-des-arts-graphiques.com:

Le Brun's System on Physiognomy
L.-J.-M. Morel d'Arleux (after Charles Lebrun)

Dissertation sur un Traité de Charles Lebrun concernant le
Rapport de la Physionomie Humaine avec Celle des Animaux
Paris, Chalcographie du Musée Napoléon, 1806
Planches gravées* d'après les dessins de Lebrun, pour son
Traité du Rapport de la Figure Humaine avec celle des Animaux.


Another image is on the page of a dissertation called Visualization
by Marc Winter.













Physiognomy and the Meaning of Expression in Nineteenth-Century Culture (Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture)


Physiognomy In Profile: Lavater's Impact On European Culture

Physiognomy - By Johann Caspar Lavater.

Some similar images about physiognomy are on a page about phrenology: Phrenology and the Fine Arts.

See also: Antique Medical Anatomy Book.


The Artist's Complete Guide to Facial Expression




Facial Expressions: A Visual Reference for Artists