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Essays on the anatomy and philosophy of expression

Bell, Charles, Sir, 1774-1842 · 1893 · London : G. Bell · 37 pictures

Sir Charles Bell's 1893 London edition of his essays on facial expression, drawn from the Getty Research Institute, offers anatomical studies of the human face in profile and three-quarter view. The pictures show a bald man looking upward, a man with an open mouth in strong emotion, an aged profile with deep wrinkles, and a dotted-line proportion diagram, giving designers a clear reference for how muscles and angles alter a face's mood.

Expression · Anatomy, Artistic · Emotions in art · Facial expression in art

Internet Archive · Getty Research Institute · Public domain (published before 1931) · More from this library