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  2. Tomb effigy - Wikipedia

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    The format is in stark contrast to gisants, which are always in full dress, with open eyes and often with hands clasped and raised in prayer. [90] [91] The best-known examples were produced by members of the first rank of contemporary sculptors, including Conrad Meit (d. c. 1550).

  3. Closed position - Wikipedia

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    The other two hands are clasped together at or near chest or shoulder height. Unlike the ballroom style, in social fast turning (or Viennese-style tempos) waltz, the follower's left hand usually is completely around the leader's right shoulder in a firm mutually supporting close or contact embrace.

  4. Hand clasping - Wikipedia

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    Hand wringing is a gesture characterized by repeatedly rubbing or twisting one's hands together, often as a sign of distress or nervousness, while folding or clasping.. Hand wringing has been studied in psychology to understand its underlying motivations and implications for mental well-being, of which include nonverbal communication and self-soothing beha

  5. List of gestures - Wikipedia

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    Open palms is a gesture seen in humans and other animals [39] as a psychological and subconscious behaviour in body language to convey trust, openness and compliance. [40] Praying hands, a reverent clasping of the hands together, is an expression used in most major religions during prayer. The palms of the hands are held together with the ...

  6. Praying Hands (Dürer) - Wikipedia

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    The drawing shows a close up of two male hands clasped together praying. Also, the partly rolled up sleeves are seen. Also, the partly rolled up sleeves are seen. The drawing used to be considered a sketch (study) for hands of an apostle , whose full picture was planned to occupy the central panel of the triptych installed in Frankfurt entitled ...

  7. Añjali Mudrā - Wikipedia

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    Statue with hands in most common Anjali Mudra position. A Japanese statue of the Bodhisattva Mahasthamaprapta, doing Añjali Mudrā.. Añjali Mudrā (Sanskrit: अञ्जलि मुद्रा) is a hand gesture mainly associated with Indian religions and arts, encountered throughout Asia and beyond.

  8. Mudra - Wikipedia

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    The two hands are placed on the lap, right hand on left with fingers fully stretched (four fingers resting on each other and the thumbs facing upwards towards one another diagonally), palms facing upwards; in this manner, the hands and fingers form the shape of a triangle, which is symbolic of the spiritual fire or the Three Jewels.

  9. Burney Relief - Wikipedia

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    In a back-to-back article, E. Douglas Van Buren examined examples of Sumerian art, which had been excavated and provenanced and she presented examples: Ishtar with two lions, the Louvre plaque (AO 6501) of a nude, bird-footed goddess standing on two Ibexes [42] and similar plaques, and even a small haematite owl, although the owl is an isolated ...