New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." (1889)
Wells, Samuel R. (Samuel Roberts), 1820-1875 · New York : Fowler & Wells · leaf 117
modifications re-sulting from sex must al-ways be taken into account.The contours of man andwoman, both in generalform and in particular fea-tures are strikingly differ-ent ; and what may be ap-propriate and beautiful inthe one, would be incon-gruous and ugly in theother. A masculine womanand a… … Fig. 115.—Apollo Belvtdbbe. SIZE VENUS AND APOLLO. The first difference we note between the male and femalefigures is the greater size of the former. The ancient artists, GENERAL FOKM. Ill who well understood the proportions of the human figure andthe distmctive differences between the sexes, made…
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