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Chironomia is the art of using gesticulations or hand gestures to good effect in traditional
Chironomia is the art of using gesticulations or hand gestures to good effect in traditional rhetoric
Rhetoric () is the art of persuasion, which along with grammar and logic (or dialectic), is one of the three ancient arts of discourse. Rhetoric aims to study the techniques writers or speakers utilize to inform, persuade, or motivate parti ...
or oratory. Effective use of the hands, with or without the use of the voice, is a practice of great antiquity, which was developed and systematized by the Greeks and the Romans. Various gestures had conventionalized meanings which were commonly understood, either within certain class or professional groups, or broadly among dramatic and oratorical audiences.
Gilbert Austin
Gilbert Austin (1753–1837) was an Irish educator, clergyman and author. Austin is best known for his 1806 book on chironomia, ''Chironomia, or a Treatise on Rhetorical Delivery''. Heavily influenced by classical writers, Austin stressed the im ...
was a well-known author on chironomia. The article about him contains a summary of theories in chironomia.
See also
*Gesticulation in Italian
Hand gestures are used in regions of Italy and in the Italian language as a form of nonverbal communication and expression. The gestures within the Italian lexicon are dominated by movements of the hands and fingers, but may also include movement ...
* Mudra
A mudra (; sa, मुद्रा, , "seal", "mark", or "gesture"; ,) is a symbolic or ritual gesture or pose in Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism. While some mudras involve the entire body, most are performed with the hands and fingers.
As wel ...
References
*John Bulwer
John Bulwer (baptised 16 May 1606 – buried 16 October 1656
)
was an English physician and early Baconian natural philosopher
who wrote five works exploring the Body and human communication, particularly by gesture.
He was the first person ...
, ''Chirologia ; Or the Natural Language of the Hand. Chironomia or the Art of Manual Rhetoric'' (1644). (Landmarks in rhetoric and public address).
* Gilbert Austin
Gilbert Austin (1753–1837) was an Irish educator, clergyman and author. Austin is best known for his 1806 book on chironomia, ''Chironomia, or a Treatise on Rhetorical Delivery''. Heavily influenced by classical writers, Austin stressed the im ...
, ''Chironomia, or a Treatise on Rhetorical Delivery'' (1806). Ed. Mary Margaret Robb and Lester Thonssen. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois UP, 1966.
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