- his
appearance indicated bad character.
After inspecting Socrates, a
physiognomist announced he was
given to intemperance, sensuality, and
violent bursts...
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November 1741 – 2
January 1801) was a
Swiss poet, writer, philosopher,
physiognomist and theologian.
Lavater was born in Zürich, and was
educated at the...
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Leonardo di ser
Piero da
Vinci (15
April 1452 – 2 May 1519) was an
Italian polymath of the High
Renaissance who was
active as a painter, draughtsman, engineer...
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possibly as
early as the 6th
century BC)
Zopyrus (
physiognomist) (5th
century BC), a
physiognomist (possibly the same as the
Thracian tutor of Alcibiades...
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baptised 24
February 1619 – 12
February 1690) was a
French painter,
physiognomist, art theorist, and a
director of
several art
schools of his time. He...
- Anna
Landholdt in Zürich. She was the
niece of his
friend the
Swiss physiognomist Johann Kaspar Lavater.
Fuseli wrote of his
fantasies to
Lavater in 1779:...
- magician, monk, mystic, necromancer, occultist, omenologist, physician,
physiognomist, technician, technologist, thaumaturge, and wizard. The
Chinese word...
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Buddhist monastery with an
entertainment plaza A home of a 'face reader' (
physiognomist)
where daily flocks of
people came to have
their fortunes told. A mansion...
- Mann
wrote that "the
features of her face are regular; but not what a
physiognomist would term the most beautiful." A
neighbor who as a boy knew Sampson...
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shoulder length (bust) but can also be full length. The work of the
physiognomist Johann Caspar Lavater, who used
silhouettes to
analyse facial types...
