Essays on the anatomy of expression in painting (1806)
Bell, Charles, Sir, 1774-1842 · London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme · leaf 176
the object of fear approaches, the person trembles and looks pale; a cold sweat is on liis face; he apprehends it now about to cleave to him, and in proportion as there is less room for the imagination to range in, as the danger is more distinctly visible, the expression partakes more of actual… … I should give the name of Terror to that kind of fear in which the mind takes part, in which there is a strong working of the imagina- tion with greater energy, a more varying expression in the features, and an action of those muscles which are peculiar to man, and which seem to indicate his…
Facial Expression · Anatomy, Artistic
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