Phrenology. Historical artwork depicting skulls and heads explaining the pseudo-sciences of phrenology and physiognomy. Phrenology was based on the misplaced belief that a person's character and mental faculties gradually changed the shape of their skull and hence scalp. Physiognomy was based on the similarly incorrect idea that the proportions of a person's facial features were related to their character. Practitioners of these principles claimed they could assess a person's personality by feeling the bumps on their head or by measuring their features. These theories were popular in the nineteenth century when this illustration was made | |
Licence : | Droits gérés |
Crédit: | Science Photo Library |
Taille de l’image : | 4473 px × 3567 px |
Model Release : | Non requis |
Property Release : | Non requis |
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