Expressiveness of Perceptual Experience : Physiognomy reconsidered.

Expressiveness of Perceptual Experience : Physiognomy reconsidered.

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A face strikes us immediately as sad, and so, too, do a mourner, a willow tree, a house on a prairie, and a group of onlookers. The spontaneous emergence of affective and other qualities of people, things, places, and events falls under the heading of physiognomy, a phenomenon discussed since at lea...

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Author / Creator: Lindauer, Martin S.
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Imprint: Amsterdam : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2013.
Series:Consciousness & Emotion Book Series
Subjects:
Greece > Social conditions > To 146 B.C.
Greece > Politics and government > To 146 B.C.
Athens (Greece) > Politics and government.
Athens (Greece) > Social conditions.
Sparta (Extinct city) > Politics and government.
Sparta (Extinct city) > Social conditions.
Electronic books.
Local Note:Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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Table of Contents:
  • -1. Prelim pages
  • 0. Table of contents
  • 1. Preface
  • 2. Ch. 1. An Overview
  • 3. Part I. Background
  • 4. Ch. 2. Physiognomy described
  • 5. Ch. 3. Historical background and methods of study
  • 6. Part II. Physiognomy and the arts
  • 7. Ch. 4. Physiognomy in Paintings, Literature, and the Other Arts
  • 8. Ch. 5. The Arts, Physiognomy, Perception, and Gestalt Psychology
  • 9. Part III. The Perceptual Framework for Physiognomy
  • 10. Ch. 6. Physiognomy as an Emergent Phenomenon
  • 11. Ch. 7. The Physiognomy of Person Perception
  • 12. Part IV. Answers and Questions
  • 13. Ch 8. Theories of Physiognomy
  • 14. Ch. 9. Summing Up, Remaining Issues, and Future Directions
  • 15. References Cited
  • 16. Index

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