In Praise of Hands
To speak about art is to evoke the hand of the creator who produced the work. It is to confer to its gestures the importance of thoughts and to explore their point of convergence on the canvas or the stone. With this text, Henri Focillon delivers one of the most beautiful odes to the hand and, simultaneously, to the talent of artists, studying Hokusai, Cézanne, and even Rodin. What do artists such as Rembrandt, David, Gauguin, and Hokusai have in common? A virtuosity of the hand, replies Henri Focillon. The viewer often forgets that behind the works, it is first and foremost a hand and its fingers which guide the paintbrush, the pen, or the stylus. Focillon's text recalls the importance of this part of the body, in which the artist's talent comes to life. Within his text, he grants the hand the recognition that it deserves.
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Victoria Charles
**Victoria Charles** est professeure d’histoire de l’art et auteure de nombreux ouvrages sur les grands mouvements et artistes de l’histoire de l’art. Spécialiste reconnue de la Renaissance, elle collabore régulièrement à des revues spécialisées et à des guides internationaux d’art contemporain. Son approche pédagogique et rigoureuse rend accessibles les enjeux esthétiques et historiques des périodes qu’elle étudie.
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