Windows of the Soul - Physiognomy in European Culture 1470-1780 - Hardback - 2005

With the dawn of Romanticism, be it in the realms of science, religion, or poetry, the interest in physiognomy rekindled. This book interprets the way in which books on physiognomy were read, tracing the wider intellectual, social, and cultural changes that contributed to the metamorphosis of this way of beholding oneself and the natural world.
Year of publication: 2005
Pagination: 388 pages, numerous halftones, 4 tables
Format: Hardback
Serie: Oxford Historical Monographs