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  2. List of gestures - Wikipedia

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    The signal is performed by holding one hand up with the thumb tucked into the palm, then folding the four other fingers down, symbolically trapping the thumb by the rest of the fingers. It was designed intentionally as a single continuous hand movement, rather than a sign held in one position, so it could be made easily visible.

  3. Gesture drawing - Wikipedia

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    For some artists, there is a calisthenic logic: just as an athlete warms up before exercising or participating in sports, artists use gesture drawing to prepare themselves mentally and physically for a figure drawing session. The fast pace of gesture poses helps an artist "loosen up" to avoid a stiff drawing style.

  4. 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 ...

  5. Hand-in-waistcoat - Wikipedia

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    The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries (1812), exhibiting the hand-in-waistcoat gesture. The hand-in-waistcoat (also referred to as hand-inside-vest, hand-in-jacket, hand-held-in, or hidden hand) is a gesture commonly found in portraiture during the 18th and 19th centuries. The pose appeared by the 1750s to indicate leadership in a ...

  6. 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

  7. Signal for Help - Wikipedia

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    The signal is performed by holding one hand up with the thumb tucked into the palm, then folding the four other fingers down, symbolically trapping the thumb by the rest of the fingers. [3] It was designed intentionally as a single continuous hand movement, rather than a sign held in one position, so it could be made easily visible.

  8. Handhold (dance) - Wikipedia

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    Exceptions are free hands of the first and last persons in the line formation. A number of these holds may be used in couple dances (a couple is a line of just two). Shoulder hold; Chain hold; Basket hold Front basket hold: Arms are extended sideways in front of the neighbors to connect with the arms of the second next person [1]

  9. Portrait of Bernhart von Reesen - Wikipedia

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    The sitter for the portrait has been identified on the basis of the letter he is holding in his hands and the entry in Dürer's diary. Although the writing is hard to make out, it has been determined that the man should be identified with Bernhard von Reesen. Von Reesen was a successful merchant from GdaƄsk who was living in Antwerp at the ...