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Visualizing the invisible with the human body : physiognomy and ekphrasis in …
Cale Johnson, J.Stavru, Alessandro

Physiognomy and ekphrasis are two of the most important modes of description in antiquity and represent the necessary precursors of scientific description. The primary way of divining the characteristics and fate of an individual, whether inborn or acquired, was to observe the patient’s external characteristics and behaviour. This volume focuses initially on two types of descriptive literatur…

Edition
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ISBN/ISSN
9783110642698
Collation
VI, 501 p.
Series Title
Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Cultures
Call Number
480 JOH v