Katherine Griffis-Greenberg Wrote:
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> Katherine Reece Wrote:
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> > I would think that the reconstruction using
> the
> > skull would be the closest to what he looked
> like,
> > especially the American reconstruction which
> was a
> > "blind" one. They had no idea who the skull
> was
> > or where the person came from. So there were
> no
> > prejudices involved.
>
> As I recall, the media of the time stated that all
> forensic reconstructions were blind. In my
> opinion, the French (Daynes) reconstruction has a
> quality in which the artist unconsciously has
> imposed some of her own features on the model.
> This was fairly apparent when you see this photo
> of the artist, Daynes, at work
>
>
>
> and then of her finished product
>
>
>
> This is a problem, which has a specific name
> (which escapes me, at the moment), that most
> reconstruction artists guard against, but to me,
> on this reconstruction, it seems fairly apparent.

Honestly, I'm not seeing it. She has an underbite & short, squared-off nose; he has an overbite & receding chin.

I think you're looking for 'unconcious projection'.