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Strukturen und Schauplätze der Gestik. Gebärden und ihre Handlungsorte in der Malerei des ausgehenden Mittelalters. By Florens Deuchler.
11/2015 | 1352 | 157
Pages: 796
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Reviewer:
Kauffmann, C. M. (Kauffmann, C. M.; K., C. M.)
Subjects
dates:
1200-1499
subjects:
Surveys / Gesture / Nudes / Physiognomy / Expression / Composition (artistic arrangement) / Formal analysis
Publication Received
Erhobene Hande, Geschichte einer Gebarde in der bildenden Kunst
12/1989 | 1041 | 131
Pages: 859
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Reviewer:
Gombrich, E. H. (Gombrich, E. H.; Gombrich, Ernst Hans Josef; Gombrich, Ernst)
Subjects
subjects:
Gesture
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Erhobene Hande, Geschichte einer Gebarde in der bildenden Kunst | author: Demisch, Heinz
Book Review
Giotto and the Language of Gesture (Cambridge Studies in the History of Art)
09/1988 | 1026 | 130
Pages: 702
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Reviewer:
Maginnis, Hayden B. J. (Maginnis, Hayden B. J.; Maginnis, Mr.)
Subjects
artists:
Giotto
dates:
1250-1299 / 1300-1349
places:
Italy
subjects:
Italian painting / Gesture
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Giotto and the Language of Gesture (Cambridge Studies in the History of Art) | author: Barasch, Moshe
Book Review
Gestures of Despair
11/1978 | 908 | 120
Pages: 762-763
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Reviewer:
Gombrich, E. H. (Gombrich, E. H.; Gombrich, Ernst Hans Josef; Gombrich, Ernst)
Subjects
dates:
1200-1499
subjects:
Gesture / Iconography / Medieval / Renaissance
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Gestures of Despair in Medieval and Early Renaissance Art | author: Barasch, Moshe
Book Review
Memoirs of the Connecticut Academy of Arts & Sciences. Vol. XIV, Feb. 1963. Gesture and Rank in Roman Art (The Use of Gestures to Denote Status in Roman Sculpture and Coinage)
10/1964 | 739 | 106
Pages: 470-471
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Reviewer:
Strong, D. E. (Strong, D. E.; Strong, Donald Emrys; Strong, Donald)
Subjects
places:
Rome (historical region)
subjects:
Art periodicals / Gesture / Roman (ancient)
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Memoirs of the Connecticut Academy of Arts & Sciences. Vol. XIV, Feb. 1963. Gesture and Rank in Roman Art (The Use of Gestures to Denote Status in Roman Sculpture and Coinage) | author: Brilliant, Richard
Article
Hands and Feet in Indian Art
01/1914 | 130 | 24
Pages: 204-207+211
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Author:
Coomaraswamy, Ananda K. (Coomaraswamy, Ananda K.; Coomaraswamy, Ananda; C., A. K.; Coomaraswamy, A. K.; Coomaraswamy, A. R.; Coomaraswamy, Ananda R.)
Subjects
places:
India
subjects:
Gesture / Mudras / Hands (body componenents) / Feet (body components) / Iconography / Sculpture / Indian
subjects:
Sources / Buddhist / Yoga
subjects:
Indian sculpture
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
A. Hands of a Buddhist image, in abhaya and vara mudrā. Copper. Perhaps about 14th century. Author's collection. Hands and Feet in Indian Art
Non-western art unattributed:
B. Hand of an image of Buddha, in vitarka mudrā. Copper. 6th century. Buddhavānī, Madras Presidency. British Museum. C. Hand of a Bodhisattva holding a vessel of amrita (nectar of life). Slate. Gandhara; 1st-2nd century A. D. Collection of Mme. Michel. D. Hand of an image of Tārā (Buddhist saviouress). Nepalese. about 16th century. Collection of Hon. Maharajah of Cossim Bazar. E, F. Feet of an image of Natarāja (Siva as Lord of the Dance) Copper. Anurādhapura, Ceylon; about 8th-10th century. Colombo Museum. Hands and Feet in Indian Art
Non-western art unattributed:
Figure 14. Dancer, Ajanta painting 6th-7th century. Traced by Babu Samarendranath Gupta.
Non-western art unattributed:
Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9. Hands from Jain and Hindu images in the Madras Museum. From sketches by Mr. S. Hadaway. Originals 10th-17th century. Figure 5. Hand of a Bodhisattva, holding a rosary. Copper. Java, anterior to 14th century. Collection of M. Alphonse Kann. Figure 7. Hand from a rock painting of the 5th century at Sigiriya, Ceylon. Traced from a photograph of a copy in the Colombo Museum. Figures 8, 11, 12, 13. Hands and feet from Ajanta paintings, 6th-7th century. Traced by Babu Samarendranath Gupta. Figure 10. Hand from a fragment of a Rajput painting (Jaipur) of the 18th century, author's collection.