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Charles Le Brun, Physiognomy,1670s

The goal of physiognomy is to judge character according to features of the face. Charles Le Brun (February 24, 1619 - February 12, 1690) was a French painter, art theorist, interior decorator and court painter to Louis XIV. Deeply influenced by the work of Descartes's Passions of the Soul (1649) Le Brun’s sketches of human faces (with anthropomorphic renderings of their animal inspirations) display the way in which he measured the various angles and spaces of the human face to relate them to the brain’s pineal gland (location of the soul according to Descartes). By observing these angles, Le Brun was able to discern personality traits from each of his figures.
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Charles Le Brun, Physiognomy,1670s
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The goal of physiognomy is to judge character according to features of the face. Charles Le Brun (February 24, 1619 - February 12, 1690) was a French painter, art theorist, interior decorator and court painter to Louis XIV. Deeply influenced by the work of Descartes's Passions of the Soul (1649) Le Brun’s sketches of human faces (with anthropomorphic renderings of their animal inspirations) display the way in which he measured the various angles and spaces of the human face to relate them to the brain’s pineal gland (location of the soul according to Descartes). By observing these angles, Le Brun was able to discern personality traits from each of his figures.
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28.5 x 34.9 cm | 11.2 x 13.7 in (300 dpi)
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