A Measure of Perfection: Phrenology and the Fine Arts in America
- ISBN-10
- 0807846732
- ISBN-13
- 9780807846735
- Category
- Art
- Pages
- 441
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997
- Publisher
- UNC Press Books
- Author
- Charles Colbert
Description
Despite its widespread popularity in antebellum America, phrenology has rarely been taken seriously as a cultural phenomenon. Charles Colbert seeks to redress this neglect by demonstrating the important contributions the theory made to artistic developmen
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