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Video, A History of Facial Measurement

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Video, A History of Facial Measurement

Here we have three black and white illustrations arranged in a single column with accompanying captions and video captions. The first drawing is of a pair of open eyes, with a caption underneath reading 'large eyes express a large soul.' The second drawing has a pair of squinting eyes with scrunched eyebrows with the caption, 'low, scowling eyebrows indicate a repulsive, forbidding disposition.' The last, a nose and mouth, has an accompanied by text caption, 'A hanging nose indicates selfishness and dishonesty.' All captions and drawings from 1884 book 'The Human Face' by A.E. Willis. The video caption at the bottom reads, 'In his 1884 book 'The Human Face, A.E. Willis linked facial features to characteristics like disobedience and subterfuge. 'Every man,' Willis argued, 'should be the architect of his own face.''

Video, A History of Facial Measurement

Video, A History of Facial Measurement

Video, A History of Facial Measurement

Linear white illustration of a woman on a black blackground. The woman is depicted to be nude and is facing forward. There are measurements all around her and intercepting her that depict 'Average American Woman' as of 1969.

Video, A History of Facial Measurement

Nelson Sizen's book, 'How to Recognize Strangers' (1895) links people and animals.

Title of illustration reads 'How Two Homely Parents May Have A Beautiful Child' Underneath title of the left side is an image of the father and then listing characteristic that make him visually unattractive. On the right side is an image of the mother and then listing characteristics that make her visually unattractive. Below them is an image of an attractive daughter and text 'Result: A Beauty Contest Winner'

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