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A. Concept of character in artThe Greek charessein, derived from the substantive  charakter (‘[distinctive] mark’; ‘type’), means ‘inscribe’ or ‘engrave’, particularly of signs, numerals or pictorial symbols. The emphasis is on impression, and  charakter too has the value of an impression as a physical effect [12111]. The concept of character condenses the individual in his or her distinctness from the general. In the early modern period, it came to denote social and moral conduct within the hierarchical edifice of society. From an anthropological perspective (Anthropolog…