- Title
- An examination of the blessing hand in Insular art
- Creator
- Morrison, Tessa
- Relation
- Fifth International Conference on Insular Art. Making and Meaning in Insular Art: Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Insular Art (Trinity College, Dublin 25-28 August, 2005) p. 288-300
- Relation
- http://www.fourcourtspress.ie/product.php?intProductID=620
- Publisher
- Four Courts Press
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Date
- 2007
- Description
- Gestures and acclamations are an important aspect of a visual communication. There is a university of visual languages, which crosses cultural boundaries and they have a long and rich history. Many gestures and acclamations are seemingly natural expressions; for example, the head nodding to express 'yes', an index finger pointing to indicate a particular object, a palm of the hand to the front with fingers spread to indicate 'stop', or the head sunk into cupped hands to indicate despair. These are universal expressions that had to be taught. Some of the systems of non-verbal communication were entire languages, while some were used to express abstract concepts. This paper examines the background, representation and meaning of some of the common hand gestures, in particular the Christian blessing, depicted in Early Medieval Art.
- Subject
- visual communication; gestures; expressions; non-verbal communication
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/35451
- Identifier
- uon:3943
- Identifier
- ISBN:9781851829896
- Language
- eng
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