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The aquiline nose was deemed a distinctive feature of some Native American tribes, members of which often took their names after their own characteristic physical attributes (i.e. The Hook Nose, or Chief Henry Roman Nose ). [5] In the depiction of Native Americans, for instance, an aquiline nose is one of the standard traits of the "noble ...
Face. The front of a horse's face when viewed from the side will usually be straight from the forehead to the nostrils. A Roman nose is a facial profile that is convex, and is often associated with draft horses. A dished face is a concave profile with a dip in the face between the eyes and nostrils, usually associated with Arabians.
Emesa helmet. The Emesa helmet (also known as the Homs helmet) is a Roman cavalry helmet from the early first century AD. It consists of an iron head piece and face mask, the latter of which is covered in a sheet of silver and presents the individualised portrait of a face, likely its owner. Decorations, some of which are gilded, adorn the head ...
Roman Nose ( c. 1823 – September 17, 1868), also known as Hook Nose ( Cheyenne: Vóhko'xénéhe, [1] also spelled Woqini and Woquini ), was a Native American of the Northern Cheyenne. He is considered to be one of, if not the greatest and most influential warriors during the Plains Indian War of the 1860s. Born during the prosperous days of ...
The Tusculum portrait, also called the Tusculum bust, is the only extant portrait of Julius Caesar which may have been made during his lifetime. [1] It is also one of the two accepted portraits of Caesar (alongside the Chiaramonti Caesar) which were made before the beginning of the Roman Empire. [2] Being one of the copies of the bronze ...
Nonius horse. Dark coat with few white markings, convex facial profile and powerful, high-set neck. The Nonius ( Hungarian: Nóniusz) is a Hungarian horse breed named after its Anglo-Norman foundation sire. Generally dark in color, it is a muscular and heavy-boned breed, similar in type to other light draft and driving horses.
Cupid's bow. The Cupid's bow is a facial feature where the double curve of a human upper lip is said to resemble the bow of Cupid, the Roman god of erotic love. The peaks of the bow coincide with the philtral columns giving a prominent bow appearance to the lip. It is outlined with the vermilion border, which connects the lip skin to the facial ...
They all have enigmatic and difficult-to-read expressions and very basic and simply described facial features. Each has a broad and flat wedge–shaped nose and a thin, narrow, slit mouth. The embossed eyes are wide and round, yet closely-set and seem to stare at the viewer. The faces are all clean-shaven and lack ears, while the head overall ...