Lavater
Face-reading theory founder
Johann Kaspar Lavater was an 18th-century Swiss pastor and writer best known for popularizing physiognomy—the belief that character can be read from facial features.
His illustrated treatises influenced European thought and art, though physiognomy is now considered pseudoscience.
The name sometimes appears in discussions of face-reading or character assessment: a Lavater of the modern age.
Face or expression
- physiognomyCharacter from appearance
- expressionConveyed thought or feeling
- featuresDistinctive qualities or aspects
- temperamentInborn behavioral nature
pseudoscience · phrenology · Zurich · Enlightenment · Goethe · silhouette · profile · visage
Christian congregation leader
- preacherReligious sermon deliverer
- ministerReligious leader or serve
- theologianExpert in religious doctrine
- ZurichSwiss financial center
Swiss · Protestant · sermon · pulpit · spiritual · faith · devotional · piety
countenance
Face or expression
- physiognomyCharacter from appearance
- expressionConveyed thought or feeling
- featuresDistinctive qualities or aspects
temperament · pseudoscience · phrenology · Zurich · Enlightenment · Goethe · silhouette · profile · visage · mien
pastor
Christian congregation leader
- preacherReligious sermon deliverer
- ministerReligious leader or serve
- theologianExpert in religious doctrine
Zurich · Swiss · Protestant · sermon · pulpit · spiritual · faith · devotional · piety · Christianity
- Sturm und DrangGoethe, Klinger, Burger, emotional intensity, youthful passion
- German RomanticsGoethe, E.T.A. Hoffmann, Hoffmann, Grimm Brothers, Faust
Lavaterbehaviorist
Action-focused psychology adherent
William James · B.F. Skinner · cognitive psychologist · psychometrician
- public lavatoryCommunal toilet facility