Essays on the anatomy of expression in painting / by Charles Bell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bell, Charles, Sir, 1774-1842.

Contributor:

Classics of Medicine Library, issuing body.

Cox Classics of Medicine Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Classics of Medicine Library.

Classics of Medicine Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anatomy, Artistic.

Facial expression in art.

Medical Subjects:

Anatomy, Artistic.

Physical Description:

xii, 186 pages, 7 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 30 cm

Edition:

Special edition.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham, Alabama : Classics of Medicine Library, ©1984.

Contents:

Uses of anatomy to the painter-faults into which artists may be betrayed in studying from the antique exclusively

Of th skull and form of the head

Of the muscles of the face in man and in animals

Of the expression of passion as illustrated by a comparison of the muscles in man and in animals-and of the muscles peculiar to man-and their effects in bestowing human expression

Idea of a living principle in the expression of emotion-of the action of the muscles of the face as expressive of passion

Of the economy of the living body as it relates to expression and character in painting.

Notes:

Facsimile reprint. Originally published: London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806.

"Privately printed for the members of the Classics of Medicine Library."

Local Notes:

Biotech Circ copy : Penn Medicine Internship class (1970) on their 50th anniversary.

Other Edition:

Reproduction of: Bell, Charles, Sir, 1774-1842. London : Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806

Other Format:

Online version: Bell, Charles, Sir, 1774-1842. Essays on the anatomy of expression in painting.

OCLC:

11014588