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    In Praise of Hands
    In Praise of Hands
    In Praise of Hands
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    In Praise of Hands

    By Henri Focilon and Victoria Charles

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    To speak about art is to evoke the hand of the creator who produced the work. It is to confer to its gestures the importance of thoughts and to explore their point of convergence on the canvas or the stone. With this text, Henri Focillon delivers one of the most beautiful odes to the hand and, simultaneously, to the talent of artists, studying Hokusai, Cézanne, and even Rodin. What do artists such as Rembrandt, David, Gauguin, and Hokusai have in common? A virtuosity of the hand, replies Henri Focillon. The viewer often forgets that behind the works, it is first and foremost a hand and its fingers which guide the paintbrush, the pen, or the stylus. Focillon’s text recalls the importance of this part of the body, in which the artist’s talent comes to life. Within his text, he grants the hand the recognition that it deserves.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherParkstone International
    Release dateApr 11, 2018
    ISBN9781683254584
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      In Praise of Hands - Henri Focilon

      Author:

      Henri Focilon

      Victoria Charles

      Layout:

      Baseline Co. Ltd

      Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

      © Parkstone Press International, New York, USA

      © Confidential Concepts, worldwide, USA

      © Image-Bar www.image-bar.com

      All rights reserved.

      No part of this publication may be reproduced or adapted without the permission of the copyright holder, throughout the world. Unless otherwise specified, copyrights on the works reproduced lies with the respective photographers. Despite intensive research, it has not always been possible to establish copyright ownership. Where this is the case we would appreciate notification.

      ISBN: 978-1-68325-458-4

      Henri Focilon – Victoria Charles

      In Praise

      of

      Hands

      These hands have their character and souls,

      They are a world in movement, so it seems;

      The thumb and little finger are the poles

      Between which flow the strange magnetic streams.

      — Paul Verlaine

      Contents

      List of Artists

      List of Illustrations

      A

      The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Nicolaes Tulp, 1632

      The Ancient of Days, 1794

      Aphrodite, known as Venus of Arles, end of 1st century BCE

      Apollo and Daphne, probably 1470-1480

      Arm Reliquary of St Lawrence, c. 1175

      Arm Reliquary of St Luke of Toulouse, c. 1337-1338

      The Arnolfini Portrait, 1434

      Ashes, 1894

      Autumn, 1864

      B

      Banquet Scene: Man Reclining on a Bench and Youth Playing the Aulos, c. 460 BCE

      The Baptism of Christ, c. 520

      The Bather, 1885

      Baths and Dressing No. 10, 18th century

      The Beethoven Frieze (left panel), 1901-1902

      The Beloved (The Bride), 1865-1866

      The Birth of Venus, c. 1484

      The Bolt, 1777

      A Boy Blowing on an Ember to Light a Candle, 1570-1572

      C

      The Cardsharps, c. 1595

      The Chess Players, c. 1562

      Christ Supported by Two Angels, vers 1490

      Confetti, 1894

      The Cosmic Buddha Vairocana, Tibet, 14th century

      The Creation of Adam (Sixth Ceiling Panel), 1508-1512

      A Crowd of Hands, c. 9000-7000 BCE

      D

      Day, 1899

      The Dead Bird, 1800

      The Death of Socrates, 1787

      Deposition from the Cross, c. 1600-1604

      Discobolus the Discus Thrower, c. 450 BCE

      E / F

      Erasmus, c. 1523

      Fighting for a Woman, 1905

      The First Mourning, 1888

      The Five Painters: Bonnard, Vuillard, Roussel, Cottet, and Vallotton, 1902-1903

      G

      Greek Painting Depicting a Couple, 480 BCE

      Group of Four Naked and Seated Women, between 1895 and 1910

      H

      The Hand, c. 1885

      The Hands of St John in The Last Supper, c. 1495

      Hearst’s International, Cover for January 1922, 1921

      Homoerotic drawing, before 1924

      I / J

      In the Conservatory, 1878-1879

      Infant Buddha, China, Ming Dynasty, 17th century

      Jesus Among the Doctors, 1506

      Jupiter and Callisto, 1613

      K / L

      The Kiss, 1859

      La Fornarina, c. 1520

      Laocoön and His Sons, c. 150 BCE

      Large Clenched Left Hand, c. 1885

      Large Hand of a Pianist, 1885

      Leo VI Prostrate Before Christ in Majesty, 9th-10th century

      The Lord Answering Job out of the Whirlwind, 1805-1810

      M

      Madonna of Loreto, 1509-1510

      Man with a Glove, c. 1520

      Mona Lisa (La Gioconda), c. 1503-1506

      The Morning Bath, 1879-1883

      N / O

      Necklace, forepart, after 1838

      Ostra edition, No. B301, c. 1935

      Nude (Self-Portrait), 1910

      Olympia, 1863

      Ophelia, 1851-1852

      The Order of Release 1746, 1852-1853

      P

      Pan Teaching Daphnis to Play the Flute, 1st century BCE

      Parau na te Varua ino (Words of the Devil), 1892

      Pendant Representing a (Male) Hand Clutching a Phallus

      Penitent Magdalene, 1533

      A Philosopher Reading, c. 1764

      Plague, 1794

      The Pointing Hand of the Angel in The Virgin of the Rocks, c. 1517-1520

      Portrait of Arthur Roessler, 1910

      Primavera, c. 1482

      Praying Hands (detail from Heller Altar), 1508

      Psyche Revived by Cupid’s Kiss, 1787-1793

      R

      The Raising of Lazarus, c. 1630-1632

      Reclining Woman with Green Stockings, 1917

      The Red Limb’d Angel, 1794

      Rienzi Vowing to Obtain Justice for the Death of His Young Brother, Slain in a Skirmish Between the Colonna and the Orsini, 1849

      Rubens and Isabella Brant in the Honeysuckle Bower, c. 1609

      S

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