Displaying 1 of 1 1984 Format: Book Author: Bell, Charles, Sir, 1774-1842. Title: Essays on the anatomy of expression in painting / by Charles Bell. Edition: Special edition. Publisher, Date: Birmingham, Alabama : Classics of Medicine Library, ©1984. Description: xii, 186 pages, 7 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 30 cm Series: Classics of Medicine Library Classics of Medicine Library. Subjects: Anatomy, Artistic. Facial expression in art. Other Author: Classics of Medicine Library, issuing body. 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." 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. Other Number: 11014588 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 78819 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 743.4 Bell Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Displaying 1 of 1
