Sorry for all the recent writing! It is because it is the start of my final project which is completely self directed. I chose to study motivation, with the theme of crime and its motivators running through it. I started with what I thought was the long disproved theory of Phisonomy, in which it is believed a criminal can be discovered through facial features such as a strong jaw, a pointed head and a rough beard. Although it was repeatedly disproved as a theory, I still managed to find this south Korean image analyzing north Koreans leader Kim Jong-Un.
I decided to look more into the theory, especially at famous phisonomonist, Ceasare Lombroso.
Here is an image in his book. Group A are shoplifters, group B are swindlers, group H are purse thieves and group E are murderers.
Apparently you should be able to see the common features in each type of criminal therefore analyse what kind of crime people may commit, and possibly arrest criminals before they committed a crime. This was based on the theory that criminals were bread and there was a criminal gene.
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“A group of Villain Faces, after Hogarth, and three Heads expressing Inhuman Satisfaction, from Voltaire’s self-sufficient Sneer, up to an Infernal Grin.” Johann Casper Lavater |
This is Lavater's book, he who advanced the theory. Basically I found out it is all mumbo jumbo, but a great theory to work with in art.
I could analyse the criminality of my friends, which could be fun.
That is briefly a selection of what I have learn't.
Anyway, I got the images from:
http://armscontrolcenter.org/issues/northkorea/articles/kim_jongun_face_tells_all/
http://chnm.gmu.edu/courses/magic/police/policework.html
http://library.vicu.utoronto.ca/exhibitions/nassr/science_of_physiognomy.htm#title
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