Book contents
- Early Modern Print Media and the Art of Observation
- Early Modern Print Media and the Art of Observation
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- One Introduction
- Part I Coaching the Eyewitness
- Two Don’t Forget Your Apian
- Three Facial Profiling
- Part II Collecting and Cognitive Challenges
- Bibliography
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
Three - Facial Profiling
Physiognomy and the Art of Inspection
from Part I - Coaching the Eyewitness
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 March 2024
- Early Modern Print Media and the Art of Observation
- Early Modern Print Media and the Art of Observation
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- One Introduction
- Part I Coaching the Eyewitness
- Two Don’t Forget Your Apian
- Three Facial Profiling
- Part II Collecting and Cognitive Challenges
- Bibliography
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
Summary
Physiognomy, a genre related to cosmography, taught observers how to scrutinize profiles in order to sum up people’s characters and established benchmarks for practical skills like visual comparison and facial inspections. Printers of this content privileged the visual attachments of these texts, directing readers to use images to guide empirical activity.
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- Early Modern Print Media and the Art of ObservationTraining the Literate Eye, pp. 106 - 188Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024