Wells, Samuel R. (Samuel Roberts), 1820-1875 · New York, Fowler and Wells · leaf 229
lves. THE NOSES OF SCULPTURE. How beautiful are the noses onthe Egyptian sculptures ! You mayspend hours in studying them oncovers of porphyry sarcophagi. Butif you would have all the majesty ofa nose, look at the Greek Jupiter; orif all the masculine beauty, study theApollo. The bust of Homer may… … Fig. 321.—Homee. a portrait. It shows us, LORD BROUGHAMS NOSE. 223 nose for a Homer; and that is no slight consideration. Ifpainters and sculptors were to represent heroic and beautifulideals with mean and grotesque noses, we should think themworthy of a lunatic asylum; and in this verdict we…
Physiognomy · Phrenology
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