Essays on physiognomy; calculated to extend the knowledge and the love of mankind (1797)
Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741-1801 · London, Sold by H.D. Symonds · leaf 259
ncy to feeblenefs. The chin and fore-head, likewife, do not contribute to the perfed harmony of thpwhole ; but, independent of thefe imperfections, I declare I havenever yet met with a fingle phyfionomy equal to this; as I havenot hitherto i^zxi one pidlure of the fame merit with thofe ofRaphael. A… … 211 LECTURE XXVIII. CONSIDERATIONS ON THE IDEAL B£aUTY OF THE ANCIENTS-^BEAUTIFUL NATURE, AND ITS IMITATION. THE firft rank among the works of art has always been affignedto the Greek ftatues of the refined ages of antiquity: art has neverproduced any thing more fublime, cr more perfed. This is…
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