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Public Domain Image Archive @[email protected] · 2026-08-15 · 17:03 UTC

From Chap-books of the Eighteenth Century (1882).

Source: University of Toronto Libraries / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/bad47faf-dadb-4c8c-bea2-ea5ba5a58124

#gesture #chapbooks #bookillustration #woodcut #art #publicdomain

Public Domain Image Archive @[email protected] · 2026-08-10 · 17:03 UTC

From Analyzing Character, the New Science of Judging Men: Misfits in Business, the Home and Social Life (1917).

Source: California Digital Library / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/76ac1c43-a64e-496d-8a7b-25bd40556fb6

#hands #gesture #pianos #communication #physiognomy #photography #art #publicdomain

#hands #gesture #pianos #communication #physiognomy #photography

TheOldGrayMare @[email protected] · 2026-08-06 · 23:51 UTC

Is this mullein flower stalk making the middle finger gesture?

#plants #nature #mullien #gesture

Truth + Trust + Time = Better Social @[email protected] · 2026-07-25 · 10:59 UTC

@xinit 1/ try some kitchen silicon (or anything sticky in a tube).

2/ A front case or case of another kind. I measured my old phone and bought the cheapest case / pouch nearly free since many phones have similar dimensions! FUN #HACK!

Above are perhaps token #gesture to try since you sound like you already prob did that - but it might give it 'some more' #life or even '#repair it' for a while with this encouragement... :)

Thanks for trying.

#hack #gesture #life

Tatjana Scheffler @[email protected] · 2026-07-17 · 20:50 UTC

"Are there any other examples of written notations for body language?
I'm aware of "dance notation", which is roughly in the same direction, I suppose." - I didn't know dance notation, will have to look into it!
There is an increasing amount of work in #linguistics on gesture, and there are some inventories of #gesture based on basic components like location, hand and finger configuration, movement. We have a research cluster on Visual Communcation where we investigate the commonalities between visual forms of communication such as emojis, gestures, and sign language: @vicom
Sign language of course has notational forms as well, and in this dictionary of German Sign Language, signs can be searched by location, hand form, etc.: https://www.sign-lang.uni-hamburg.de/korpusdict/overview/index-dgs.html #emojis #WorldEmojiDay

#linguistics #gesture #emojis #worldemojiday

Things David Likes @[email protected] · 2026-07-12 · 08:51 UTC

She Knows What the Water Won’t Say by beechnut1969

https://tmblr.co/Z7VXvxje3RVTKa00

#streetphotography #streetphoto #blackandwhite #bnw #monochrome #hongkong #hongkongharbour #victoriaharbour #hongkongstreetphotography #asianportrait #woman #harbor #skyline #cityscape #contemplative #quietmoment #solitude #gesture #urbanportrait #travelphotography #leica #leicaphotography #leicamonochrom #leicam11monochrom #summilux50 #50mm #streetportrait #girl #hongkongwaterfront #flickr

#streetphotography #streetphoto #blackandwhite #bnw #monochrome #hongkong

Public Domain Image Archive @[email protected] · 2026-06-11 · 17:02 UTC

Self Portrait, Yawning (ca. 1783) by Joseph Ducreux.

Source: The Getty

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/ba38fab8-99fc-42cf-b5f4-522a3dc408c3

#emotions #gesture #physiognomy #art #publicdomain

Public Domain Image Archive @[email protected] · 2026-05-28 · 12:00 UTC

Surprise in Terror (ca. 1790) by Joseph Ducreux.

Source: National Museum of Sweden

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/56ab8259-1d13-4e40-b90a-244e9ab66964

#emotions #portraits #gesture #physiognomy #hats #art #publicdomain

#emotions #portraits #gesture #physiognomy #hats #art

Public Domain Image Archive @[email protected] · 2026-05-24 · 17:03 UTC

Sunflower (1849) by J. J. Grandville, from The Flowers Personified.

Source: The Getty / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/c4e34079-77b9-42cd-bde7-8791275fd349

#anthropomorphism #caricatures #cartoons #gesture #floral #personification #sunflowers #flora #flowers #art #publicdomain

#anthropomorphism #caricatures #cartoons #gesture #floral #personification

Stan Carey @[email protected] · 2026-05-04 · 11:50 UTC

An illustration from Morris et al.'s book appears in @superlinguo's post at @stronglang about the easily confused "V for Victory" and "up yours" gestures:
https://stronglang.wordpress.com/2015/10/08/up-yours-the-gesture-that-divides-america-and-the-uk/

#gesture #linguistics #history #dialects #insults

Gay Curmudgeon @[email protected] · 2026-05-02 · 11:57 UTC

Comedian Aziz Ansari. Watercolor and Marker. #aziz #azizansari #ansari #comedian #comedians #comedy #comedies #parksandrec #sitcom #sitcoms #popularsitcom #popularsitcoms #prestigetv #prestigetelevision #prestigetelevisionviewing #standup #standupcomedian #standupcomedians #standupcomedy #thebird #givingthebird #givingonethebird #gesture #gestures #rudegestures #funnygestures #wallpaper #uniquewallpaper #uniquewallcoverings #handsome #hunk #cocktail #cocktails #orangeslice #orangeslices

#aziz #azizansari #ansari #comedian #comedians #comedy

Stan Carey @[email protected] · 2026-04-29 · 12:57 UTC

RIP, Desmond Morris. I appreciate how he popularized zoology and ethology, even if his bestsellers – like Naked Ape, Human Zoo, Manwatching, Intimate Behaviour – I found too assured of their generalizations and speculations. This lesser-known, co-authored work on human gesture is fun and interesting, and was probably pioneering in its day (1979)

Obituary: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c51y797v200o

#DesmondMorris #research #gesture #zoology #books