Facial Angles (Camper)
1791 posthumous edition by Camper's son | |
| Author | Petrus Camper |
|---|---|
| Original title | Report of the content of two lectures (Dutch: Berigt van den zaaklyken inhoud van twee lessen) |
| Illustrator | Petrus Camper, engraved by Reinier Vinkeles |
| Language | Dutch, French |
| Subject | Facial angles in portraiture through the centuries |
| Genre | Art History, Drawing lessons |
| Publisher | R. Wild & J. Altheer, Utrecht |
Publication date | 1770, 1791 (engravings) |
| Publication place | Netherlands |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover), Online version of original text available from the DBNL and Google books |
| Pages | Original is a report of a few pages; the posthumous book is longer with notes and engravings |
Facial Angles refers to the content of two lectures on this subject by the Amsterdam professor of anatomy Petrus Camper on the 1st and 8 August in 1770 to the Amsterdam Drawing Academy called the Teken-akademie.