Essays on the Anatomy and Philosophy of ExpressionJ. Murray, 1824 - 218 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 45
Page vii
... effect of historical narration , as well as to show the working of human passion , and give the most striking and lively indications of intellectual power and energy . The art of the painter , considered with a view to these interesting ...
... effect of historical narration , as well as to show the working of human passion , and give the most striking and lively indications of intellectual power and energy . The art of the painter , considered with a view to these interesting ...
Page xii
... effects of passion , but it would be easy to show that he has jumbled signs , quite incon- gruous , from an ignorance of their natural relations . We have in this extract an enumeration of phenomena the most surprising in the whole ...
... effects of passion , but it would be easy to show that he has jumbled signs , quite incon- gruous , from an ignorance of their natural relations . We have in this extract an enumeration of phenomena the most surprising in the whole ...
Page xiv
... effect in fear , for the moment of alarm is marked by a sudden inspiration , and a state of pre- paration for action . This , the painter requires to know before he can give an accurate representation of these conditions of the frame ...
... effect in fear , for the moment of alarm is marked by a sudden inspiration , and a state of pre- paration for action . This , the painter requires to know before he can give an accurate representation of these conditions of the frame ...
Page 3
... effect , the former was cast with such perfection that each part performed many functions . I saw in the face so many different offices per- formed , that I began to inquire by what peculiarities of structure this was attained , and ...
... effect , the former was cast with such perfection that each part performed many functions . I saw in the face so many different offices per- formed , that I began to inquire by what peculiarities of structure this was attained , and ...
Page 4
... effects of the accidental injuries and diseases of these nerves , and also by experiments on animals , that the motions of breathing and speak- ing , as far as they regard the face , and all the indications of emotion in the countenance ...
... effects of the accidental injuries and diseases of these nerves , and also by experiments on animals , that the motions of breathing and speak- ing , as far as they regard the face , and all the indications of emotion in the countenance ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
academy figure action agony Albert Durer anatomy angle antique artist beauty bestowed betwixt bodily body breathing brutes canine teeth carnivorous animals character cheek chest class of muscles combined connexion convulsion corrugator supercilii cranium depression distinct distinguish drawing drawn effect elevated emotions ESSAY excited exertion eyeball eyebrow eyelids facial line fear ferocious fibres fixed fleshy forehead frontal bone give graminivorous animals grief head horse human countenance human expression imitation incisor indicated inflated influence inserted jaw-bone Laocoon laughter limbs lower jaw lungs mastication mind motion mouth muscular nature neck Negro nose nostril observe occipital bone orbicular muscle orbicularis oris Orbicularis Palpebrarum organs of expression pain painter painting pale parietal bones passion peculiar perfect plate PLATYSMA pression principle produce proportion rage raised relaxed represent representation respiration respiratory nerve sensation sensibility sketch skull strong suffering superior sympathy TEMPORAL BONE temporal muscle tendon throat upper lip violent
Popular passages
Page 84 - Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me ; Puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words, Remembers me of all his gracious parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form ; Then, have I reason to be fond of grief.
Page 124 - Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God. 25 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him.
Page 111 - Down dropt, and all the faded roses shed : Speechless he stood and pale, till thus at length First to himself he inward silence broke.
Page 28 - On Parent knees, a naked new-born child Weeping thou sat'st while all around thee smil'd ; So live, that sinking in thy last long sleep, Thou then may'st smile, while all around thee weep.
Page 157 - ... or it may be compared to pendulums vibrating in different directions over one central point, and as they all cross the centre, though only one passes through any other point, so it will be found that perfect beauty is oftener produced by nature than deformity ; I do not mean than deformity in general, but than any one kind of deformity.
Page 110 - Disordred hong about his shoulders round, And hid his face; through which his hollow eyne Lookt deadly dull, and stared as astound; His raw-bone cheekes through penurie and pine, Were shronke into his jawes, as he did never dine. His garment nought but many ragged clouts, With thornes together pind and patched was, The which his naked sides he wrapt abouts...
Page 111 - Dawson says) whose sense* had been numbed with misery. When all was lost, he fixed his eyes upon the ground, and stood some time, with folded arms, stupid, and motionless; then snatching his sword, that hung against the wainscot, he sat him down, and, with a look of fixed attention, drew figures on the floor.
Page v - BY GEORGE JOSEPH BELL, ESQ., ADVOCATE, PROFESSOR OF THE LAW OF SCOTLAND IN THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH.
Page 157 - Every species of the animal as well as the vegetable creation may be said to have a fixed or determinate form, towards which Nature is continually inclining, like various lines terminating in the centre ; or it may be compared to pendulums vibrating in different directions over one central point : and as they all cross the centre, though only one passes through any other point, so it will be found that perfect beauty is oftener produced by Nature than deformity...
Page 122 - His burning eyen, whom bloody streaks did stain, Stared full wide, and threw forth sparks of fire ; And, more for rank despite than for great pain, Shaked2 his long locks, colour'd like copper wire, And bit his tawny beard to show his raging ire.