ca.1860 portrait print JOHANN KASPAR LAVATER (#64)
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ca.1860 portrait print JOHANN KASPAR LAVATER (#64). His studies in physiognomy and his interest in “magnetic” trance conditions had their source in his religious beliefs, which drove him to search for demonstrable traces of the divine in human life. His belief in the interaction of mind and body led him to seek influences of the spirit upon the features. Portrait064 ca.1860 portrait print JOHANN KASPAR LAVATER (#64) Portrait print titled Lavater, from steel engraving with fine detail and clear impression, approx. page size 23 x 14.5 cm, approx. image size is 11 x 9 cm. Print was published in Germany by Bibliographic Institute Hildburghausen. Lavater, Johann Kaspar born Nov. 11, 1741, Zürich; died Jan. 2, 1801, Zürich Swiss writer, Protestant pastor, and founder of physiognomics, an anti-rational, religious, and literary movement. Lavater served as pastor of St. Peter's Church in Zürich. He was deported to Basel for a time because of his protest against the violence of the French Directory. His studies in physiognomy and his interest in “magnetic” trance conditions had their source in his religious beliefs, which drove him to search for demonstrable traces of the divine in human life. His belief in the interaction of mind and body led him to seek influences of the spirit upon the features. His Physiognomische Fragmente zur Beförderung der Menschenkenntnis und Menschenliebe, 4 vol. (1775–78; Essays on Physiognomy, 1789–98) established his reputation throughout Europe. Goethe worked with Lavater on the book, and the two enjoyed a warm friendship that was later severed by Lavater's zeal for conversion. Lavater's most important books are Aussichten in die Ewigkeit (1768–78), Geheimes Tagebuch von einem Beobachter seiner selbst (1772–73; Secret Journal of a Self Observer, 1795), Pontius Pilatus (1782–85), and Nathanael (1786). His lyrical and epic poems are imitations of Klopstock.
