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Connections: Hands

Educator Alice Schwarz ruminates about how one's hands give away information about a person.
Alice W. Schwarz
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"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.

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Alice W. Schwarz
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Ernesta (Child with Nurse), Cecilia Beaux American, Oil on canvas, American
Ernesta (Child with Nurse)
Cecilia Beaux
1894
The Writing Master, Thomas Eakins American, Oil on canvas, American
The Writing Master
Thomas Eakins
1882
The Goddess Durga Slaying the Demon Buffalo Mahisha, Argillite, Bangladesh or India (Bengal)
The Goddess Durga Slaying the Demon Buffalo Mahisha
Bangladesh or India (Bengal)
12th century
The Hand of God, Auguste Rodin French, Marble, French
The Hand of God
Auguste Rodin
original model before 1895, carved ca. 1907
Ugolino and His Sons, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux French, Saint-Béat marble, French, Paris
Ugolino and His Sons
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
1865–67
Marble grave stele of a little girl, Marble, Parian, Greek
Marble grave stele of a little girl
Greek
ca. 450–440 BCE
Bound-hands hacha, Classic Veracruz artist(s), Stone, Veracruz
Bound-hands hacha
Classic Veracruz artist(s)
600–900 CE
Judith with the Head of Holofernes, Lucas Cranach the Elder German, Oil on linden
Judith with the Head of Holofernes
Lucas Cranach the Elder
ca. 1530
The Death of Socrates, Jacques Louis David French, Oil on canvas
The Death of Socrates
Jacques Louis David
1787
The Fortune-Teller, Georges de La Tour French, Oil on canvas
The Fortune-Teller
Georges de La Tour
probably 1630s
Lady Elizabeth Stanley (1753–1797), Countess of Derby, George Romney British, Oil on canvas
Lady Elizabeth Stanley (1753–1797), Countess of Derby
George Romney
1776–78
Women of Allah, Shirin Neshat Iranian, Ink on Gelatin silver print
Women of Allah
Shirin Neshat
Publisher Exit Art/The First World
1994
Royal hand, Limestone, paint
Royal hand
ca. 1353–1336 B.C.