I’ve been looking at the photos of it from books and screen-capped from a TV appearance of it. While it’s probably a life-mask, the facial proportions aren’t quite right for the physionotrace or the Deseine bust, and the nose shape isn’t right for the physionotrace (which is accurate because of the tracing method used). There is, however, a ( Read more... )

This is all about Max's nose. Yes, I know this sounds really strange as a topic. However:
His pointy and slightly ski-jump nose is one of his most distinctive (and cute) features, as per the physionotrace portraits and others:
( Views of Max's nose… )

Have been reflecting with amusement on the fact that in the 1990s, I once had a touch of Stendhal Syndrome in Leeds.
It was in the City Art Gallery, and all the fault of this lady. My head was trying to compute her apparent softness with the fact she was carved from marble. I’ve seen many, many other sculptures before and since, but Canova's ( Read more... )