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Synoptic Table of Physiognomic Traits (ca. 1909) by Alphonse Bertillon, from Tableau synoptic des traits physionomiques.

Source: The Metropolitan Museum

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/4529f311-3f60-4844-b67f-ef4dbc43a257

#biopower #foucault #fingerprints #ears #noses #filing #criminals #identification #taxonomy #faces #mouths #archives #police #physiognomy #eyes #bertillonage #art #publicdomain

Synoptic Table of Physiognomic Traits (ca. 1909) by Alphonse Bertillon, from Tableau synoptic des traits physionomiques.

Source: The Metropolitan Museum

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/4529f311-3f60-4844-b67f-ef4dbc43a257

#biopower #foucault #fingerprints #ears #noses #filing #criminals #identification #taxonomy #faces #mouths #archives #police #physiognomy #eyes #bertillonage #art #publicdomain

Synoptic Table of Physiognomic Traits (ca. 1909) by Alphonse Bertillon, from Tableau synoptic des traits physionomiques.

Source: The Metropolitan Museum

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/4529f311-3f60-4844-b67f-ef4dbc43a257

#biopower #foucault #fingerprints #ears #noses #filing #criminals #identification #taxonomy #faces #mouths #archives #police #physiognomy #eyes #bertillonage #art #publicdomain

Synoptic Table of Physiognomic Traits (ca. 1909) by Alphonse Bertillon, from Tableau synoptic des traits physionomiques.

Source: The Metropolitan Museum

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/4529f311-3f60-4844-b67f-ef4dbc43a257

#biopower #foucault #fingerprints #ears #noses #filing #criminals #identification #taxonomy #faces #mouths #archives #police #physiognomy #eyes #bertillonage #art #publicdomain

Synoptic Table of Physiognomic Traits (ca. 1909) by Alphonse Bertillon, from Tableau synoptic des traits physionomiques.

Source: The Metropolitan Museum

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/4529f311-3f60-4844-b67f-ef4dbc43a257

#biopower #foucault #fingerprints #ears #noses #filing #criminals #identification #taxonomy #faces #mouths #archives #police #physiognomy #eyes #bertillonage #art #publicdomain

Illustration by L. A. Vaught, from Vaught's Practical Character Reader (1902).

Source: Library of Congress / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/bf71b8b2-c07d-4f0b-95e0-ddcc7fc12fd4

#anatomy #diagrams #character #portraits #psychology #health #pseudo-science #phrenology #physiognomy #art #publicdomain

Illustration by L. A. Vaught, from Vaught's Practical Character Reader (1902).

Source: Library of Congress / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/bf71b8b2-c07d-4f0b-95e0-ddcc7fc12fd4

#anatomy #diagrams #character #portraits #psychology #health #pseudo-science #phrenology #physiognomy #art #publicdomain

Bringing back the classics.

"When Aiden followed up on June 8 to ask #Franco about his attendance, Franco responded with “Not interested in working for a #jew. Thanks.”

Gabe, who describes himself as a “proud Jew” who always wears a #kippah, and Aiden were both “taken aback” when they initially read the message and did not know how to react, Gabe told The Sun.

Franco found out Gabe and Aiden were #Jewish based on their “first and last name, #LinkedIn, and #physiognomy,” according to a statement Franco wrote to The Sun.

Physiognomy is an 18th and 19th century practice of studying facial features to determine character and temperament. The practice is now regarded as pseudoscience."

https://www.cornellsun.com/article/2026/06/student-writes-not-interested-in-working-for-a-jew-on-handshake-cornell-reports-bias-incident

Bringing back the classics.

"When Aiden followed up on June 8 to ask #Franco about his attendance, Franco responded with “Not interested in working for a #jew. Thanks.”

Gabe, who describes himself as a “proud Jew” who always wears a #kippah, and Aiden were both “taken aback” when they initially read the message and did not know how to react, Gabe told The Sun.

Franco found out Gabe and Aiden were #Jewish based on their “first and last name, #LinkedIn, and #physiognomy,” according to a statement Franco wrote to The Sun.

Physiognomy is an 18th and 19th century practice of studying facial features to determine character and temperament. The practice is now regarded as pseudoscience."

https://www.cornellsun.com/article/2026/06/student-writes-not-interested-in-working-for-a-jew-on-handshake-cornell-reports-bias-incident

Self Portrait, Yawning (ca. 1783) by Joseph Ducreux.

Source: The Getty

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/ba38fab8-99fc-42cf-b5f4-522a3dc408c3

#emotions #gesture #physiognomy #art #publicdomain

Surprise in Terror (ca. 1790) by Joseph Ducreux.

Source: National Museum of Sweden

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/56ab8259-1d13-4e40-b90a-244e9ab66964

#emotions #portraits #gesture #physiognomy #hats #art #publicdomain

Surprise in Terror (ca. 1790) by Joseph Ducreux.

Source: National Museum of Sweden

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/56ab8259-1d13-4e40-b90a-244e9ab66964

#emotions #portraits #gesture #physiognomy #hats #art #publicdomain

A Little Duck (1856) by Charles H. Bennett, from Shadows.

Source: Harvard University

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/3083aecd-ff2f-429a-a456-178c045d2a68

#metaphor #shadows #victorian #physiognomy #ducks #art #publicdomain

A Little Duck (1856) by Charles H. Bennett, from Shadows.

Source: Harvard University

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/3083aecd-ff2f-429a-a456-178c045d2a68

#metaphor #shadows #victorian #physiognomy #ducks #art #publicdomain

A Skeleton (1856) by Charles H. Bennett, from Shadows.

Source: Harvard University

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/266517ba-a7d6-4927-af1b-9af276a2c8a2

#duality #shadows #victorian #mortality #character #skeletons #physiognomy #art #publicdomain

A Skeleton (1856) by Charles H. Bennett, from Shadows.

Source: Harvard University

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/266517ba-a7d6-4927-af1b-9af276a2c8a2

#duality #shadows #victorian #mortality #character #skeletons #physiognomy #art #publicdomain

Synoptic Table of Physiognomic Traits: Wrinkles and Corpulence (ca. 1909) by Alphonse Bertillon, from Tableau synoptic des traits physionomiques.

Source: The Metropolitan Museum

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/fd1daf0d-8419-44c0-ad8b-b23d9f1794c4

#biopower #foucault #filing #criminals #identification #taxonomy #faces #archives #police #physiognomy #eyes #bertillonage #art #publicdomain

Synoptic Table of Physiognomic Traits: Wrinkles and Corpulence (ca. 1909) by Alphonse Bertillon, from Tableau synoptic des traits physionomiques.

Source: The Metropolitan Museum

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/fd1daf0d-8419-44c0-ad8b-b23d9f1794c4

#biopower #foucault #filing #criminals #identification #taxonomy #faces #archives #police #physiognomy #eyes #bertillonage #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Giambattista della Porta, from De humana physiognomonia (1586).

Source: US National Library of Medicine

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/140d90d1-06aa-40b5-a3a4-2860b7976104

#bulls #faces #physiognomy #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Giambattista della Porta, from De humana physiognomonia (1586).

Source: US National Library of Medicine

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/140d90d1-06aa-40b5-a3a4-2860b7976104

#bulls #faces #physiognomy #art #publicdomain

An Extinguisher (1856) by Charles H. Bennett, from Shadows.

Source: Harvard University

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/48bdd12c-2296-4ea4-92af-f8208cc58359

#shadows #victorian #physiognomy #art #publicdomain

An Extinguisher (1856) by Charles H. Bennett, from Shadows.

Source: Harvard University

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/48bdd12c-2296-4ea4-92af-f8208cc58359

#shadows #victorian #physiognomy #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Christian von Mechel, from Stufe vom Frosch zum Apoll (ca. 1785).

Source: Österreichische Nationalbibliothek

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/e6cdee83-de0b-4918-bb60-e9a181c5dbde

#portraiture #portraits #morphing #frogs #sequential #aesthetics #physiognomy #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Christian von Mechel, from Stufe vom Frosch zum Apoll (ca. 1785).

Source: Österreichische Nationalbibliothek

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/e6cdee83-de0b-4918-bb60-e9a181c5dbde

#portraiture #portraits #morphing #frogs #sequential #aesthetics #physiognomy #art #publicdomain

Self Portrait, Yawning (ca. 1783) by Joseph Ducreux.

Source: The Getty

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/ba38fab8-99fc-42cf-b5f4-522a3dc408c3

#emotions #gesture #physiognomy #art #publicdomain

Self Portrait, Yawning (ca. 1783) by Joseph Ducreux.

Source: The Getty

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/ba38fab8-99fc-42cf-b5f4-522a3dc408c3

#emotions #gesture #physiognomy #art #publicdomain

From Analyzing Character, the New Science of Judging Men: Misfits in Business, the Home and Social Life (1917).

Source: California Digital Library / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/76ac1c43-a64e-496d-8a7b-25bd40556fb6

#hands #gesture #pianos #communication #physiognomy #art #publicdomain

From Analyzing Character, the New Science of Judging Men: Misfits in Business, the Home and Social Life (1917).

Source: California Digital Library / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/76ac1c43-a64e-496d-8a7b-25bd40556fb6

#hands #gesture #pianos #communication #physiognomy #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Giambattista della Porta, from De humana physiognomonia (1586).

Source: US National Library of Medicine

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/ea8f2c60-9071-4e07-9471-d3e899267f9f

#beaks #noses #birds #faces #physiognomy #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Giambattista della Porta, from De humana physiognomonia (1586).

Source: US National Library of Medicine

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/ea8f2c60-9071-4e07-9471-d3e899267f9f

#beaks #noses #birds #faces #physiognomy #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Christian von Mechel, from Stufe vom Frosch zum Apoll (ca. 1785).

Source: Österreichische Nationalbibliothek

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/aba218e5-87e1-4804-a172-9dc4c0d4e5fa

#apollo #portraiture #portraits #morphing #sequential #aesthetics #physiognomy #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Christian von Mechel, from Stufe vom Frosch zum Apoll (ca. 1785).

Source: Österreichische Nationalbibliothek

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/aba218e5-87e1-4804-a172-9dc4c0d4e5fa

#apollo #portraiture #portraits #morphing #sequential #aesthetics #physiognomy #art #publicdomain

The Silence (ca. 1790) by Joseph Ducreux.

Source: National Museum of Sweden

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/2bae877c-144d-4407-b7f8-9f6bdb5ac556

#silence #emotions #portraits #gesture #physiognomy #hats #art #publicdomain

Beer (1856) by Charles H. Bennett, from Shadows.

Source: Harvard University

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/dc2df70f-adba-486a-bfcd-299f0e6ae6e9

#waistcoats #shadows #victorian #physiognomy #drinking #art #publicdomain

Paintings of Dante’s Inferno: 15 Lucifer himself

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://eclecticlight.co/2025/11/03/paintings-of-dantes-inferno-15-lucifer-himself/

Paintings of Dante’s Inferno: 15 Lucifer himself

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://eclecticlight.co/2025/11/03/paintings-of-dantes-inferno-15-lucifer-himself/

Paintings of Dante’s Inferno: 15 Lucifer himself

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://eclecticlight.co/2025/11/03/paintings-of-dantes-inferno-15-lucifer-himself/

Paintings of Dante’s Inferno: 15 Lucifer himself

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://eclecticlight.co/2025/11/03/paintings-of-dantes-inferno-15-lucifer-himself/

Synoptic Table of Physiognomic Traits: Eyes (ca. 1909) by Alphonse Bertillon, from Tableau synoptic des traits physionomiques.

Source: The Metropolitan Museum

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/e71d411b-66b4-450a-a570-a1a901700e7c

#biopower #foucault #filing #criminals #identification #taxonomy #faces #archives #police #physiognomy #eyes #bertillonage #art #publicdomain

A quotation from Ambrose Bierce

PHYSIOGNOMY, n. The art of determining the character of another by the resemblances and differences between his face and our own, which is the standard of excellence.

Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
“Physiognomy,” The Devil’s Dictionary (1911)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/bierce-ambrose/75545…

#quote #quotes #quotation #appearance #bias #categorization #character #ego #norm #phrenology #physiognomy #prejudice #standard

"Artists frequently portray opposing facial features between villains and heroes which have historically been used to demonstrate contrasting morality between characters, and this could have an impact on how humans view someone with certain facial features as good or evil in everyday life."

#physiognomy

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-82677-0

"Artists frequently portray opposing facial features between villains and heroes which have historically been used to demonstrate contrasting morality between characters, and this could have an impact on how humans view someone with certain facial features as good or evil in everyday life."

#physiognomy

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-82677-0

we’re really going to have #facialRecognition technology become widespread for the public at the same time #phrenology / #physiognomy bros control all the data huh

we’re really going to have #facialRecognition technology become widespread for the public at the same time #phrenology / #physiognomy bros control all the data huh

Skeptoid #67: Do Your Body Features Measure Up? by Brian Dunning #phrenology #physiognomy #palmistry #iridology #SkeptoidPodcast #podcast #bot An examination of phrenology, physiognomy, palmistry, and iridology.
https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4067