In Praise of Hands
By Henri Focilon and Victoria Charles
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In Praise of Hands - Henri Focilon
Author:
Henri Focilon
Victoria Charles
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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