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Jan 26, 2018
Jan 26, 2018
Figure 32: Natural laughter by the voluntary contraction of the two large zygomatics and the lower palpebral orbicularis
The Mechanism of Human Physiognomy
Figure 32: Natural laughter by the voluntary contraction of the two large zygomatics and the lower palpebral orbicularis
c. 1856, printed 1862
Guillaume-Benjamin-Amand Duchenne (de Boulogne)
(French, 1806–1875)
Adrien Tournachon
(French, 1825–1903)
Albumen print from glass plate negative
Image: 15.1 x 11 cm (5 15/16 x 4 5/16 in.); Paper: 22.7 x 17 cm (8 15/16 x 6 11/16 in.); Mounted: 41 x 27.6 cm (16 1/8 x 10 7/8 in.)
Severance and Greta Millikin Trust 2018.9
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Exhibition
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Duchenne embarked on the first scientific, systematic exploration of the physiology of human facial expression and hoped, through photographs of the experiments, to teach artists how to portray those emotions. Here, he has photographed a subject’s natural smile and described the muscles creating it. In subsequent photographs, he used an electrode to contract one of the muscles that convey that same emotion.
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