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Physiognomy.
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The word physiognomy consists of the Greek words "physio"
and "gnosis" which mean knowledge of a nature, and in essence knowledge of human
nature.
In modern understanding the physiognomy means art of recognition of features of
human character by means of researches of facial forms.
The physiognomy is art as the understanding of human faces is an inexplicable
skill which is not realized for the man. In essence skill to understand language
of human faces is a natural feature of the man as during dialogue people realize
and express the basic information by means of a mimicry. Each man sees and
realizes faces of other people though probably does not notice the fact of
observation.
It is possible to tell that the understanding of faces is a natural and not
noticed property of the man, but nevertheless observation of human faces is art
if the man fixes results of observation which thus become physiognomic
representations and can be used for understanding of a human nature. And in
particular can be used for measurement of analogies between characters and
emotional conditions of people in the event that faces of people have similar
physiognomic forms or express identical emotions. Namely the physiognomy allows
to compare faces of people and to carry similar faces to identical types and
kinds that allows to speak about similar characters or emotional potentials of
people, and in essence the physiognomy allows to systematize various human faces
and to analyze mutual relation of people.
If physiognomic representations are systematized then the physiognomy becomes a
science which can be studied the same as study mathematics or geometry.
Pages of this site represent a simple and accessible method for ordering of
physiognomic and physionomic representations by means of mathematical system
which hexagrams of the Book of Changes I Ching are. Use of hexagrams
I Ching allows to make physiognomic and physionomic schemes and to realize
language of a human face by means of a convenient complex of symbols.
Namely pages of this site represent physionomic images which show emotional
images of a human face, and the face is considered from the view point of
emotional changes which are systematized according to hexagrams I Ching. And
also this site represents physiognomic images which too are systematized
according to hexagrams I Ching but allow to estimate types of human character.
Provided that terms "physiognomy" and "physionomy" concern to different ways of
observation of human faces, and describe different aspects of a human person.
The physionomy considers varied human emotions and allows to draw conclusions on
emotional displays of the person, and physiognomy considers constant features of
a human face and allows to draw conclusions on psychology of the human person.
The physiognomy is science or the knowledge of forms of
a human face which have the sizes and parameters, and consequently can be
measured just as in other sciences carry out measurements of various objects.
But in traditional physiognomy there are no measurements i.e. physiognomists
describe forms of a face approximately and do not apply exact measurements.
Therefore the physiognomy offered on pages of this site, or otherwise to tell
neo-physiognomy, differs from traditional physiognomy as except for usual
physiognomic methods represents physiognomic methods which demand exact
measurements.
And also the neo-physiognomy considers proportions of a human face and gives the
method for comparisons of proportions of a face with proportions of correct
geometrical figures that allows to consider a human face not only from the view
point of psychological features of a person but also from the view point of
aesthetic beauty and harmony.
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