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Gesture Gesture
GESTURE. The concept of gesture suffers to some extent from insufficiently defined and imprecisely drawn outlines of what we understand by this term. The Oxford English Dictionary defines gesture as any "significant movement of limb or body"; Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary defines it as... Read more
gestural painting gestural painting
gestural painting. The application of paint with expansive gestures so that the sweep of the artist's arm is deliberately emphasized. The term carries an implication not only that a picture is the record of the artist's action in the process of painting it, but that the recorded actions express the... Read more
Communication Skills and Disorders Communication Skills and Disorders
Communication skills and disorders The skills needed to use language (spoken, written, signed, or otherwise communicated) to interact with others, and problems related to the development of these skills. Language employs symbols—words, gestures, or spoken sounds—to represent... Read more
Indian Sign Language Indian Sign Language
SIGN LANGUAGE, INDIAN SIGN LANGUAGE, INDIAN, also known as Plains Sign Talk, an intertribal language of gestural signs used by American Indians of the Great Plains region. Although origins remain obscure, Spanish explorers documented its use on the southern Plains during the sixteenth century.... Read more
Affect Affect
Affect A psychological term for an observable expression of emotion. A person's affect is the expression of emotion or feelings displayed to others through facial expressions, hand gestures, voice tone, and other emotional signs such as laughter or tears. Individual affect fluctuates... Read more
mime mime
mime / mīm/ • n. 1. the theatrical technique of suggesting action, character, or emotion without words, using only gesture, expression, and movement. ∎  a theatrical performance or part of a performance using such a technique. ∎  an action or set of actions... Read more
Franz Liszt Franz Liszt
Franz Liszt , 1811-86, Hungarian composer and pianist. Liszt was a revolutionary figure of romantic music and was acknowledged as the greatest pianist of his time. He made his debut at nine, going thereafter to Vienna to study with Czerny and Salieri . In Paris (1823-25) he knew all the principal... Read more
Ahimelech Ahimelech
Ahimelech Priest at Nob (1 Sam. 21: 1–6). During his flight from Saul, David, desperate for food, was given the bread of the presence by Ahimelech. The gesture is used by Jesus (Matt. 12: 3–4) in defence of the disciples who satisfied their hunger by plucking heads of corn on a... Read more
hornpipe hornpipe
hornpipe English folk dance known since the 16th cent., when it obtained its name from the wind instrument that accompanied it. The hornpipes of the 17th and 18th cent. have moderate 3-2 time and 4-4 time. As a solo dance it was popular with sailors, who performed it with folded arms and numerous... Read more
Pieter Lastman Pieter Lastman
Pieter Lastman , 1583-1633, Dutch painter. During a stay in Rome, Lastman was influenced by Caravaggio's chiaroscuro technique and by the work of Elsheimer. In Holland he painted historical and biblical scenes remarkable for their vivid, realistic delineation of faces and gestures. Lastman was... Read more

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