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{{Short description, Art of hand gesturing in speech
Chironomia is the art of using gesticulations or hand gestures to good effect in traditional
Chirologia; Or the Natural Language of the Hand. Chironomia or the Art of Manual Rhetoric
' (1644). (Landmarks in rhetoric and public address.) * Gilbert Austin
''Chironomia, or a Treatise on Rhetorical Delivery''
(1806). Ed. Mary Margaret Robb and Lester Thonssen. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois UP, 1966. Gestures Rhetoric
Chironomia is the art of using gesticulations or hand gestures to good effect in traditional rhetoric
Rhetoric is the art of persuasion. It is one of the three ancient arts of discourse ( trivium) along with grammar and logic/ dialectic. As an academic discipline within the humanities, rhetoric aims to study the techniques that speakers or w ...
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 was a well-known author on chironomia. The article about him contains a summary of theories in chironomia.
See also
* Gesticulation in Italian *Mudra
A mudra (; , , "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 well as being spiritual ges ...
References
*John Bulwer
John Bulwer (baptised 16 May 1606 – buried 16 October 1656)
was an English people, English physician and early Baconian method, Baconian natural philosopher who wrote five works exploring the Body and human communication, particularly by gest ...
, Chirologia; Or the Natural Language of the Hand. Chironomia or the Art of Manual Rhetoric
' (1644). (Landmarks in rhetoric and public address.) * Gilbert Austin
''Chironomia, or a Treatise on Rhetorical Delivery''
(1806). Ed. Mary Margaret Robb and Lester Thonssen. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois UP, 1966. Gestures Rhetoric