A Measure of Perfection: Phrenology and the Fine Arts in America

by Charles Colbert

Book Overview

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 developments in the period. He goes on to reveal the links between the tenets of phrenology and the cultural ideals of Jacksonian democracy. As Colbert demonstrates, virtually every important figure of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807846732
• ISBN13: 9780807846735
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.8" x 10.0"