#charles le brun
Charles Le Brun—La Physiognomie, c. 1600s.
LeBrun studied the lines linking different points of the head in a complex geometry which revealed the faculties of the spirit or character. Thus, the angle formed by the axis of the eyes and the eyebrows could lead to various conclusions, depending upon whether or not this angle rose toward the forehead to join the soul or descended toward the nose and mouth, which were considered to be animal features.
(i.e. 17th century proto-animorphs?)
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Engraved after Charles Le Brun’s Etudes de chevaux de bataille blesses (Studies for Wounded Warhorses), c. 1600s.
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The Queens of Persia at the Feet of Alexander (The Tent of Darius)
Charles Le Brun
Versailles
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