Essays on the anatomy and philosophy of expression (1893)
Bell, Charles, Sir, 1774-1842 · London : G. Bell · leaf 51
35 AND BONES OF THE FACE. proportion to that of the bones of the cranium, in the Negro than in the European head. My next object of inquiry was to find on what the distinctive character of the Negro face really depends. For to the eye a Negro face appears larger, while in fact it is proved to be… … jaw-bones from both the European and the Negro skull ; and then, in order to poise the skulls on the perpen- dicular rod, it was required to move both forward on the point of the rod. But it was found necessary to shift the Negro skull considerably farther forward than the European : the point of…
Expression · Anatomy, Artistic · Emotions in art · Facial expression in art
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