HISTORY 3S03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Hippopotamus, Ernst Kretschmer, Aldous Huxley
28 Dec 2016
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Week 11: the science of body types and normalcy. Background old styles: art of judging character from the features of the body, from the greek physis (nature) and gnomon (judge, classifying. Humoral temperaments emotional dispositions; a person(cid:495)s mood pattern. Some areas to be stronger or weaker in the body. John casper lavater, 1741-1801: astrologic physiognomy, 4 humors. Silhouettes of a person(cid:495)s face were traced on a canvas. Trained eye could divine the physical signs. Relationship between people(cid:495)s inner and outer selves. Typically featured faces eyes, nose, forehead, chin. Sheldon, pe and exercise science and embodied normalcy. Francis galton 1882-1911: eugenics (mathematical formula, believed man was evolving) (cid:498)damn lies and statistics: constructing the normal body(cid:499) (cid:523)vertinsky(cid:524, darwin(cid:495)s cousin, biometrika journal statistical theory, univ. College london galton chair in eugenics (cid:498)science(cid:499) Legible body (something that could be read) Manners of morph: ectomorph fragile and apprehensive, mesomorph tough and rugged in body and mind, endomorph easygoing, loves food and comfort.
