Windows of the soul : physiognomy in European culture 1470-1780 /
Porter, Martin
Windows of the soul : physiognomy in European culture 1470-1780 / Martin Porter. - Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 2005. - 1 online resource (xviii, 365 pages) : illustrations, portraits - - Oxford historical monographs . - Oxford historical monographs. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 326-345) and index.
List of Illustrations; List of Figures; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. A Persistent Fisnomical Consciousness c.400 BCE-c.1470 CE; 2. The Bookish Face of Physiognomy in Early Modern Europe; 3. The Troubling Emergence of the 'Egyptian' in Early Modern Europe; 4. The Physiognomy Captured and Lost in a Book; 5. Physiognomating by the Book; 6. Living Graffiti; Conclusion; Bibliography; 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.
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Physiognomy--History.--Europe
Philosophical anthropology--History.--Europe
Religious thought--History.--Europe
Theology--History.--Europe
Education--History.--Europe
Art--History.--Europe
Physiognomy.
Facial expression.
Medicine--History--17th century.
Physiognomy
Books--history
Facial Expression
History, 17th Century
History, Early Modern 1451-1600
Physiognomonie--Histoire.--Europe
Anthropologie philosophique--Histoire.--Europe
Pensée religieuse--Histoire.--Europe
Théologie--Histoire.--Europe
Éducation--Histoire.--Europe
Art--Histoire.--Europe
Physiognomonie.
Physionomie.
Médecine--Histoire--17e siècle.
physiognomy.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT--General.
Art.
Civilization.
Education.
Philosophical anthropology.
Physiognomy.
Religious thought.
Theology.
Fysiognomiek.
Cultuurgeschiedenis.
Europe--Civilization--History.
Europe.
Europe
Europe--Civilisation--Histoire.
Europe.
Europe.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
BF851 / .P67 2005eb
138.0940903
BF 851 / P847w 2005
Windows of the soul : physiognomy in European culture 1470-1780 / Martin Porter. - Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 2005. - 1 online resource (xviii, 365 pages) : illustrations, portraits - - Oxford historical monographs . - Oxford historical monographs. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 326-345) and index.
List of Illustrations; List of Figures; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. A Persistent Fisnomical Consciousness c.400 BCE-c.1470 CE; 2. The Bookish Face of Physiognomy in Early Modern Europe; 3. The Troubling Emergence of the 'Egyptian' in Early Modern Europe; 4. The Physiognomy Captured and Lost in a Book; 5. Physiognomating by the Book; 6. Living Graffiti; Conclusion; Bibliography; 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.
9780191534836 (electronic bk.) 0191534838 (electronic bk.) 1280905824 9781280905827 9786610905829 6610905827 (Cloth)
MYILIB_CUp
090582 MIL CRKN/MyiLibrary CostDepend FormOnline AccessRestricted GovNo
013325042 Uk
Physiognomy--History.--Europe
Philosophical anthropology--History.--Europe
Religious thought--History.--Europe
Theology--History.--Europe
Education--History.--Europe
Art--History.--Europe
Physiognomy.
Facial expression.
Medicine--History--17th century.
Physiognomy
Books--history
Facial Expression
History, 17th Century
History, Early Modern 1451-1600
Physiognomonie--Histoire.--Europe
Anthropologie philosophique--Histoire.--Europe
Pensée religieuse--Histoire.--Europe
Théologie--Histoire.--Europe
Éducation--Histoire.--Europe
Art--Histoire.--Europe
Physiognomonie.
Physionomie.
Médecine--Histoire--17e siècle.
physiognomy.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT--General.
Art.
Civilization.
Education.
Philosophical anthropology.
Physiognomy.
Religious thought.
Theology.
Fysiognomiek.
Cultuurgeschiedenis.
Europe--Civilization--History.
Europe.
Europe
Europe--Civilisation--Histoire.
Europe.
Europe.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
BF851 / .P67 2005eb
138.0940903
BF 851 / P847w 2005