Figure 45: Contraction électrique forte des triangulaires des lèvres et des sourciliers: douleur et déspoir
Guillaume-Benjamin-Amand Duchenne (de Boulogne)
1856
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Guillaume-Benjamin-Amand Duchenne (de Boulogne)
1856
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
You see a man’s face twisted in pain, one side lit bright, the other in shadow. His mouth and eyebrow muscles pull tight—only half his face moves. This isn’t acting. A doctor named Duchenne used electricity to make the muscles contract, one at a time. He wanted artists to paint real emotion, not guesswork. Look up the technique called *chiaroscuro* to see how light and dark shape feeling.
