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'''Face Facts: A History of Physiognomy from Ancient Mesopotamia to the End of the 19th Century:<br>
Jodie Jenkinson<br>
The journal of biocommunication, february 1997<br>
University of Toronto'''<br>
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Physionomy is the art of discerning the character of the mind from the features of the face.<br>
It is now considered a pseudo-science at best. <br>
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Pseudo-Aristotelian physiognomy considers that ones character can be determined by the character of animal to which she or he bears a resemblance, the race to which (s)he belongs and the interpretation of transient facial expression. 
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Positive attributes -> men, negative attributes -> women
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First illustrated account of naturalist theories appeared during the Renaissance in a 16th century publication by an Italian physiognomist named Giambattista della Porta. > De Humana Physioanomonia. This provided visual material for the above mentioned Pseudo- Aristotelian theories.  (Page 3)
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Della Porta’s work represents a departure from the association of physiognomy with astrology, and legitimizes it as the product of natural science. 
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Charles le Brun 17th century
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Physiognomy fell out of favor but Johan Casper Lavater tried to reestablish it as a science again in the 18th century.