"But at the same time I'm fascinated and really kind of turned on by rugged, dirty hands that show this is a person that works."
Educator Alice Schwarz ruminates about how one's hands give away information about a person.
Connections: Hands
Educator Alice Schwarz ruminates about how one's hands give away information about a person.
Alice W. Schwarz
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Alice W. Schwarz
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Cecilia Beaux
1894
Thomas Eakins
1882
Bangladesh or India (Bengal)
12th century
Auguste Rodin
original model before 1895, carved ca. 1907
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
1865–67
Greek
ca. 450–440 BCE
Classic Veracruz artist(s)
600–900 CE
Lucas Cranach the Elder
ca. 1530
Jacques Louis David
1787
Georges de La Tour
probably 1630s
George Romney
1776–78
Shirin Neshat
Publisher Exit Art/The First World
1994
ca. 1353–1336 B.C.