The Body as a Mirror of the Soul : Physiognomy from Antiquity to the Renaissance PDF

Edited by Devriese Lisa Devriese

Part of the Mediaevalia Lovaniensia - Series 1-Studia series

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Physiognomy, the history of racial classifications,and the interplay between natural philosophy, medicine, and ethics
The idea of the body asa mirror of the soul has fascinated mankind throughout history. Being able tosee through an individual, and drawing conclusions on their character solelybased on a selection of external features, is the subject of physiognomy, andhas a long tradition running well into recent times. However, the pre-modern,especially medieval background of this discipline has remained underexplored. The selected case studies in this volume each contribute to a betterunderstanding of the history of physiognomy from antiquity to the Renaissance,and offer discussions on unedited treatises and on the application, development,and reception of this field of knowledge, as well as on visual sources inspiredby physiognomic theory.

Contributors: Eniko Békés(Hungarian Academy of Sciences), Joël Biard (University of Tours), LisaDevriese (KU Leuven), Maria Fernanda Ferrini (University of Macerata),Christophe Grellard (École Pratique des Hautes Études), Luís Campos Ribeiro(University of Lisbon), Maria Michela Sassi (University of Pisa), OlegVoskoboynikov (Higher School of Economics Moscow), Steven J. Williams (NewMexico Highlands University), Joseph Ziegler (University of Haifa), GabriellaZuccolin (University of Pavia)

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