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Physiognomy in Profile: Lavater's Impact on European Culture
Abstract
Johann Caspar Lavater's richly illustrated Physiognomische Fragmente was published in Germany between 1775-78 and was rapidly translated into the major European languages. Presenting his theories on how the configuration of facial features may be held to show qualities of mind or character, Lavater's work triggered a physiognomical frenzy (to quote his adversary Georg Christoph Lichtenberg) in late eighteenth-century Europe, and people are said to have chosen their spouses and servants according to his precepts. Though some dismissed his work as cranky pseudoscience, Lavater's theories had a vital influence on art, literature, medicine, and the emerging social sciences throughout the nineteenth century. Today Lavater is no longer a household name, but his physiognomy continues to resurface in the most unlikely places.
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- Authors
- Krobb, F., Percival, M., & Tytler, G.
- Venue
- The Modern Language Review
- Publisher
- JSTOR
- Published
- 2006-10-01
- Volume
- 101
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 1071
- ISSN
- 0026-7937 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1968422058
- Semantic Scholar
- 5d7db4f14af3e321b87794d4af6e4e0e288f53ea
- Cited by
- 60
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2024: 13 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 2 · 2019: 25 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 1 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 42.37
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Modern Language Review (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Literature and Literary Theory › German Literature and Culture Studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Philosophy and Historical Thought
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › European Cultural and National Identity
- Keywords
- Johann Caspar Lavater, physiognomy, eighteenth-century Europe, history of social sciences, pseudoscience, art and literature, 19th century
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