Chironomia is the art of using gesticulations or hand gestures to good effect in traditional rhetoric 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.

2016年11月23日 · John Bulwer (1606–1656), an English doctor and philosopher, attempted to record the vocabulary contained in hand gestures and bodily motions and, in 1644, published Chirologia, or the Naturall Language of the Hand alongside a companion text Chironomia, or the Art of Manual Rhetoric, an illustrated collection of hand and finger gestures that ...

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In this chapter, the author describes the solemn bond and rhetorical obligation between the hand and the mouth. He discusses the history of this bond as described by both profane and sacred authors; notions of this manual rhetoric were derived from the heroic ages of the world, and were approved by Greek and Roman philosophers and orators.

Chironomia refers to the art of using hand gestures for effective communication, especially in the context of performing arts. This technique was particularly significant in Roman theater, where gestures were employed not only to convey emotions and actions but also to enhance the overall theatrical experience.

2021年3月5日 · Chironomia : or a treatise on rhetorical delivery : comprehending many precepts, both ancient and modern, for the proper regulation of the voice, the countenance, and gesture. Together with an investigation of the elements of gesture, and a new method for the notation thereof by Austin, Gilbert

"Chirologia, or, The naturall language of the hand composed of the speaking motions, and discoursing gestures thereof : whereunto is added Chironomia, or, The art of manuall rhetoricke, consisting of the naturall expressions, digested by art in the hand, as the chiefest instrument of eloquence, by historicall manifesto's exemplified out of the ...

2024年9月4日 · Chironomia; or, A treatise on rhetorical delivery: comprehending many precepts, both ancient and modern, for the proper regulation of the voice, the countenance, and gesture ... 1967, Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies; by W. Bulmer, and Co.

2024年2月3日 · From Latin chīronomia, from Ancient Greek χειρονομία (kheironomía, “gesticulation”). chironomia (uncountable) (rare) Chironomy. Studies of chironomia had, from Elizabethan times, replicated the same descriptions of arm and hand gestures with the same prescription for their rhetorical. From chiro- +‎ -nomia. chironomia f (plural chironomie)

Chirologia: or, The Naturall Language of the Hand Composed of the Speaking Motions, and Discoursing Gestures Thereofl Whereunto Is Added Chironomia, or, the Art of Manuall Rhetoricke, Consisting of the Naturall Expressions, Digested by Art In the Hand, as the Chiefest Instrument of Eloquence, By Historicall Manifesto's Exemplified Out of the ...