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Rubens : portraits after existing prototypes
Rubens was mesmerised by faces. He studied physiognomy, the pseudo-science that began making headway in the sixteenth century, which postulated that a person's character could be read from their facial features. He made geometrical analyses of the faces of ancient emperors and heroes. He invest...
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| Document Type: | Book |
| Language: | English Dutch |
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London
: Harvey Miller Publishers
, [2016]
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| Series: | Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard
Part XIX (4) |
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| Author Notes: | by Koenraad Jonckheere |
