Sentence examples for physiognomies from inspiring English sources

The pace is sustained by another revolution in draftsmanship, for Töpffer discovered how to turn systematic doodling to account, how to exploit the accident, and how to vary physiognomies experimentally.

In an age obsessed with physiognomies and typologies, there is an unusual compassion to his work.

Among the high points of this trend are the flaming visages of angels in Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome (c. 432 440 ce) and the spiritualized physiognomies of St. Bartholomew and his fellow apostles in the Baptistery of the Orthodox, Ravenna (c. 450).

Fumiko had always been fascinated by the physiognomies of old men.

There would be little reason to recall it if the logistical challenges of filming abroad had not forced her to re-create her Iberian sets on German soil and to find some swarthy-looking peasant extras to lend her the rude eloquence of their physiognomies.

The physiognomies of our protagonists reflect the romantic sea change.

To have the same chance of getting one as those deemed most trustworthy they were required to pay an interest rate that was, on average, 1.82 percentage points higher, even when the effects of historical creditworthiness were statistically eliminated.For trustworthiness, then, physiognomy works.

His intention was twofold: to see if physiognomy-based prejudices about creditworthiness existed and, if they did, whether they were justified.

A growing body of research suggests that their preference for certain types of male physiognomy may be swayed by things beyond their conscious control like prevalence of disease or crime and in predictable ways.Masculine features a big jaw, say, or a prominent brow tend to reflect physical and behavioural traits, such as strength and aggression.

One used a peer-to-peer moneylending site to show that a person's physiognomy is a reliable predictor of his creditworthiness (see article).

Shifty physiognomy, it seems, is independent of these things.That shiftiness was also recognised by those whose money was actually at stake.