Discorso Sopra Il Modo Di Disegnare, Dipingere Et spiegare: secondo l'vna, & l'altr'arte gli affetti principali si naturali, come accidentali nell'Huomo, secondo i precetti della Fisonomia
A 1650 drawing manual by Gaspare Colombina, published in Italian with a 1650 edition attributed to editor Philipp Esengren, held by Heidelberg University Library and written to teach artists how to draw and paint the passions of the human face and body. The plates are engraved studies of anatomy, hands and heads arranged on plain paper sheets. A designer could take from them the repeated expression sheets of heads turned in profile and three-quarter view, useful for character studies and facial emotion reference.
