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Concept

Perfection

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  • A profile of an old mentally disabled man, skulls of various races, skulls of a monkey and an orangutan, and a perfect, diagrammed human face; demonstrating the methods of physiognomy. Coloured engraving by H. Adlard, 1824.
  • An 'ideal head' shown to have slight idiosyncrasies in physiognomy. Drawing, c. 1789, after Raphael.
  • An 'ideal head' shown to have slight idiosyncrasies in physiognomy. Drawing, c. 1789, after Raphael.
  • An 'ideal head' shown to have slight idiosyncrasies in physiognomy. Drawing, c. 1789, after Raphael.
  • A black man with a red head and right arm emerges from a foul stream into a landscape where a winged woman is waiting for him with a red garment; representing the transformations of the alchemical work from corruption to perfection. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
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    An 'ideal head' shown to have slight idiosyncrasies in physiognomy. Drawing, c. 1789, after Raphael.

    Raphael, 1483-1520. | Date: c. 1789 | Reference: 28688i
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    The gleam of light : moral perfectionism and education in Dewey and Emerson / Naoko Saito.

    Saito, Naoko. | Date: 2005
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    A physical and moral enquiry into the causes of that internal restlessness and disorder in man, which has been the complaint of all ages. / By James Vere, Esq.

    Vere, James. | Date: MDCCLXXVIII. [1778]
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    An 'ideal head' shown to have slight idiosyncrasies in physiognomy. Drawing, c. 1789, after Raphael.

    Raphael, 1483-1520. | Date: c. 1789 | Reference: 28689i
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    Wholeness in later life / Ruth Bright.

    Bright, Ruth | Date: 1997
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