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Three - Facial Profiling

Physiognomy and the Art of Inspection

from Part I - Coaching the Eyewitness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2024

Stephanie A. Leitch
Stephanie A. Leitch
Affiliation:
Florida State University
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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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complexionphysiognomychiromancyvisual acuity
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Early Modern Print Media and the Art of Observation
Training the Literate Eye
 , pp. 106 - 188
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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  • Facial Profiling
  • Stephanie A. Leitch, Florida State University
  • Book: Early Modern Print Media and the Art of Observation
  • Online publication: 14 March 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009444491.004
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  • Facial Profiling
  • Stephanie A. Leitch, Florida State University
  • Book: Early Modern Print Media and the Art of Observation
  • Online publication: 14 March 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009444491.004
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  • Facial Profiling
  • Stephanie A. Leitch, Florida State University
  • Book: Early Modern Print Media and the Art of Observation
  • Online publication: 14 March 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009444491.004
Available formats
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