One of the most common human gestures, the pointing finger, appears frequently in Old Master paintings as a guiding cue. However, its influence on viewers' gaze has never been systematically ...

Pro-life. I guess you could say that I was born "pro-life," the son of parents who were both Conservative Baptists and Republicans. And now, more than forty years later, it is natural for me to ...

In this painting, the figure seated on the right points at the card-player while laughing, a gesture that underscores his mockery of the young man’s naïveté. The more experienced player, together with ...